Lindenbergia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Orobanchaceae
Tribus: Lindenbergieae
Genus: Lindenbergia
Species: L. arabica – L. awashensis – L. fengkaiensis – L. fruticosa – L. grandiflora – L. griffithii – L. hookeri – L. indica – L. luchunensis – L. macrostachya – L. muraria – L. philippensis – L. serpyllifolia – L. sinaica – L. sokotrana – L. titensis

Name

Lindenbergia Lehm. Sem. Hort. Bot. Hamburg. 1829: 6, 8. (1829)

Type species: Lindenbergia urticifolia Lehm. (= synonym of Lindenbergia muraria (Roxb. ex D.Don) Brühl)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Bovea Decne. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 2: 253 (1834)
- Brachycorys Schrad. in Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1830: [1] (1830)
- Omania S.Moore in J. Bot. 39: 258 (1901)
  - Type species: Omania arabica S.Moore

Note: This genus has yet to fully accepted in Orobanchaceae, although the evidence presented by McNeal et al (2013) shows this genus to be sister to the rest of the family, hence its circumscription here.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-temperate
- Regional: Central Asia
  - Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
- Regional: Indochina
  - Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, China Southeast
- Regional: Peninsular Arabia
  - Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia
- Regional: Southwestern Asia
  - Iran
- Regional: Southwestern Asia
  - Myanmar, Palestine, Philippines, Sinai, Thailand, Yemen
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Egypt

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Lehmann, J.G.C. 1829. Semina in Horto Botanico Hamburgensi 1829: 6, 8.

Additional references

Moore, S. le M. 1901. Alabastra Diversa. Part VIII. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 39: 257–266. BHL Reference page.
McNeal, J.R., Bennett, J.R., Wolfe, A.D., & Mathews, S. (2013) Phylogeny and origins of holoparasitism in Orobanchaceae, American Journal of Botany, 100: 971–983. Appendix S3, page 1. Optimal phylogenetic tree inferred from PHYB using RAxML (Stamatakis, 2006) and assuming a general-time-reversible model of evolution and 4 nucleotide rate classes. Available on line.
Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards) Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012 [and more or less continuously updated since]. [1]. Species list on [2].

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Lindenbergia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jul. 10. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. Lindenbergia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jul. 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Lindenbergia. Published online. Accessed: 10. Jul. 2024. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Lindenbergia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Feb. 2014.

Vernacular names