Pechuel-loeschea

Pechuel-loeschea, common name Stinkbush or Bitterbos, is a genus of African plants in the elecampane tribe within the sunflower family, and named after the German plant collector and geographer Eduard Pechuël-Loesche (1840-1913).

Species[1]

Stinkbush or Bitterbos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Inuleae[1]
Genus:
Pechuel-loeschea

Binomial name
Pechuel-loeschea leubnitziae
Synonyms[1]
  • Piptocarpha leubnitziae Kuntze
  • Pluchea leubnitziae (Kuntze) N.E.Br.

The only known species is Pechuel-loeschea leubnitziae, native to Namibia and South Africa.[2][3]

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. "Pechuel-Loeschea | Species Dictionary | Southern Africa | iSpot Nature". www.ispotnature.org. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  3. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).


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