Pechuel-loeschea

Stinkbush or Bitterbos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Inuleae
Genus:	Pechuel-loeschea; O.Hoffm.
Binomial name
	Pechuel-loeschea leubnitziae; O.Hoffm.
Synonyms
	Piptocarpha leubnitziae Kuntze; Pluchea leubnitziae (Kuntze) N.E.Br.;

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).

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
^ "Pechuel-Loeschea | Species Dictionary | Southern Africa | iSpot Nature". www.ispotnature.org. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
^ 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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