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Genus of plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lafuentea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.[1]
Lafuentea | |
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Lafuentea rotundifolia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Plantaginaceae |
Genus: | Lafuentea Lag. |
Synonyms | |
Durieua Mérat |
Its native range is the Western Mediterranean, where it is found in Morocco and Spain.[1]
The genus name of Lafuentea is in honour of Tadeo Lafuente (b. c. 1780), Spanish military doctor who wrote about yellow fever.[2] It was first described and published in Gen. Sp. Pl. on page 19 in 1816.[1]
Known species, according to Kew:[1]
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