Seetzenia
| Seetzenia | |
|---|---|
| Flowering Seetzenia lanata growing in Oman | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Zygophyllales |
| Family: | Zygophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Seetzenia R.Br. |
| Type species | |
| Seetzenia orientalis Decne.[1] | |
| Species | |
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Seetzenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Zygophyllaceae.[2]
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Seetzenia are prostrate, perennial herbs with oppositely arranged, stipulate, trifoliolate leaves.[3]
Generative characteristics
The small, pedicellate, actinomorphic, bisexual flowers have 5 sepals and no petals. The androecium consists of 5 stamens. The gynoecium consists of 5 carpels. The capsule fruit produces oval seeds.[3]
Taxonomy
It was described by Robert Brown in 1826.[2] The type species is Seetzenia orientalis Decne.[1] It is placed in the subfamily Seetzenioideae.[4]
Etymology
The genus name of Seetzenia is in honour of Ulrich Jasper Seetzen (1767–1811), a German explorer of Arabia and Palestine from Jever, German Frisia.[5]
Species
It has two accepted species:[2]
- Seetzenia lanata (Willd.) Bullock
- Seetzenia orientalis Decne.
Distribution and habitat
Its native range is the Sahara to north-eastern Tropical Africa (in Algeria, the Cape Provinces, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, Sudan and the Western Sahara), Arabian Peninsula (in Afghanistan, the Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen), the Sinai to India.[2]
References
- ^ a b Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.). Seetzenia R. Br. Tropicos. Retrieved February 7, 2026, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/50303328
- ^ a b c d "Seetzenia R.Br. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ a b Seetzenia in Flora of Pakistan @ efloras.org. (n.d.). Retrieved February 7, 2026, from http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=314991
- ^ USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=11034. Accessed 7 February 2026.
- ^ 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.