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Dinklageodoxa

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Dinklageodoxa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Dinklageodoxa
Heine & Sandwith

Dinklageodoxa is a monotypic genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Bignoniaceae. It contains just 1 species, Dinklageodoxa scandens Heine & Sandwith.[1]

Its native range is Liberia in Africa.[1]

The genus name of Dinklageodoxa is in honour of Max Julius Dinklage (1864–1935), a German merchant who collected plants in West Africa,[2] and the Latin specific epithet scandens means "to climb". It was first published by Heine & Sandwith in Kew Bull. Vol.16 on page 223 in 1962.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dinklageodoxa Heine & Sandwith | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 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.
  3. ^ "Dinklageodoxa scandens Heine & Sandwith | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 August 2021.