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Seymeria

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Seymeria
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Seymeria
Pursh
Synonyms

Afzelia J.F.Gmel.

Seymeria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.[1]

Its native range is from southern USA (in the states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia) to Mexico and the Bahamas.[1]

The genus name of Seymeria is in honour of Henry Seymer (1745–1800), an English amateur botanist.[2] It was first described and published in Fl. Amer. (Sept. 2) on page 736 in 1813.[1]

Known species

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According to Kew:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Seymeria Pursh | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 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.