Schlechterella

Schlechterella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Periplocoideae
Genus:	Schlechterella K.Schum.[1]
Synonyms[1]
Triodoglossum Bullock

Schlechterella is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae (the dogbane family). It is native to Africa, found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.^[1]

As of July 2024^[update], the genus contained two species:^[1]

• Schlechterella abyssinica (Chiov.) Venter & R.L.Verh.
• Schlechterella africana (Schltr.) K.Schum.

The genus was circumscribed by Karl Moritz Schumann in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Gesamtregister: on page 462 in 1899.^[1]

The genus name of Schlechterella is in honour of Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (1872–1925), who was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids.^[2]

References

1. "Schlechterella K.Schum". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.