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Siemensia

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Siemensia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Siemensia
Urb.
Synonyms

Portlandia pendula C.Wright ex Griseb.

Siemensia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Siemensia pendula (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Urb. [1]

Its native range is western Cuba.[1]

The genus name of Siemensia is in honour of Werner von Siemens (1816–1892), a German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist. Siemens's name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance, the siemens. He founded the electrical and telecommunications conglomerate Siemens.[2] The Latin specific epithet of pendula means hanging.[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Symb. Antill. Vol.9 on page 143 in 1923.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Siemensia Urb. | 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.
  3. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.