''Lindackeria'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s belonging to the family
Achariaceae
Achariaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of 32-33 genera with about 155 species of tropical herbs, shrubs, and trees. The APG IV system has greatly expanded the scope of the family by including many genera previously classified in F ...
.
Its native range is south-eastern Mexico to southern Tropical America and Tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Angola, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zaïre.
The genus name of ''Lindackeria'' is in honour of Johann Thaddaeus Lindacker (1768–1816), Bohemian mineralogist from
Banská Štiavnica
Banská Štiavnica (; german: Schemnitz; hu, Selmecbánya (Selmec), ) is a town in central Slovakia, in the middle of an immense caldera created by the collapse of an ancient volcano. For its size, the caldera is known as the Štiavnica Mountain ...
, who collected plants for his
herbarium
A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study.
The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper (called ...
.
It was first described and published in Reliq. Haenk. Vol.2 on page 89 in 1835.
Known species
According to Kew:
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Lindackeria bukobensis''
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Lindackeria cuneatoacuminata''
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Lindackeria dentata''
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Lindackeria fragrans''
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Lindackeria latifolia''
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Lindackeria laurina''
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Lindackeria ngounyensis''
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Lindackeria ovata''
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Lindackeria paludosa''
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Lindackeria paraensis''
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Lindackeria pauciflora''
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Lindackeria poggei''
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Lindackeria schweinfurthii''
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Lindackeria stipulata''
References
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Achariaceae
Malpighiales genera
Plants described in 1835