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Buckollia

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Buckollia is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1994.[1] It is native to eastern Africa.[2]

Etymology

Buckollia is a taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the genus Bullockia. The latter name is a taxonomic patronym honoring the English botanist Arthur Allman Bullock.[3]

Systematics

According to The Plant List, there are two species in this genus.[4]

  1. Buckollia tomentosa (E.A.Bruce) Venter & R.L.Verh. - Uganda
  2. Buckollia volubilis (Schltr.) Venter & R.L.Verh. - Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania

References

  1. ^ Venter, Hendrik Johannes Tjaart & Verhoeven, Rudolf L. 1994. South African Journal of Botany 60(2): 97.
  2. ^ Tropicos genus Buckollia
  3. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. A13. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5.
  4. ^ The Plant List, genus Buckollia
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Buckollia: Brief Summary

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Buckollia is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1994. It is native to eastern Africa.

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