Mechowia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Mechowia
Schinz

Mechowia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.[1] It is also in the Amaranthoideae subfamily.

It is native to Angola, Zambia and Zaïre (or Democratic Republic of the Congo).[1]

The genus name of Mechowia is in honour of Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Mechow (1831–1890), a Prussian explorer of Africa, and a naturalist. Von Mechow was a specialty collector of phanerogams, particularly in Angola. He also held the rank of major in the Prussian Army.[2] It was first described and published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Vol.3 (Issue 1a) on page 110 in 1893.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Mechowia grandiflora Schinz
  • Mechowia redactifolia C.C.Towns.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mechowia Schinz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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