''Lindenbergia'' is a genus of

herbaceous plant Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials. Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous" The fourth edition of t ...

s in the order

Lamiales The order Lamiales (also known as the mint order) are an order in the asterid group of dicotyledonous flowering plants. It includes about 23,810 species, 1,059 genera, and is divided into about 25 families. These families include Acanthaceae, Bi ...

and in the broomrape family

Orobanchaceae Orobanchaceae, the broomrapes, is a family of mostly parasitic plants of the order Lamiales, with about 90 genera and more than 2000 species. Many of these genera (e.g., ''Pedicularis'', ''Rhinanthus'', ''Striga'') were formerly included in the ...

. It is one of the few genera of the family which are not parasitic. It contains about 15 species found from northeast Africa across Asia to the Philippines, and is most abundant in India.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Lindenbergia'' was erected by Johann Lehmann in 1829. It is named in honor of

Johann Bernhard Wilhelm Lindenberg Johann Bernhard Wilhelm Lindenberg (18 September 1781 – 6 June 1851) was a German bryologist who worked as a lawyer in Bergedorf (today a burrough of Hamburg). He was a native of Lübeck, and studied law at the Universities of Jena and Göttinge ...

, a lawyer and bryologist from Germany. ''Lindenbergia'' was originally placed in the family

Scrophulariaceae The Scrophulariaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the figwort family. The plants are annual and perennial herbs, as well as shrubs. Flowers have bilateral (zygomorphic) or rarely radial (actinomorphic) symmetry. The Scr ...

Molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

studies have caused that family to be split up, with many genera, including ''Lindenbergia'', placed in a greatly expanded family Orobanchaceae. ''Lindenbergia'' has been placed in the tribe Lindenbergieae,Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards)
"Orobanchaceae"
''Angiosperm Phylogeny Website''. Retrieved 2022-03-21. one of two basal clades in the family Orobanchaceae that are not parasitic:

Species

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accepted the following species: *'' Lindenbergia arabica'' (S.Moore) Hartl *''

Lindenbergia awashensis ''Lindenbergia'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the order Lamiales and in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. It is one of the few genera of the family which are not parasitic. It contains about 15 species found from northeast Africa across A ...

'' Hjertson *''

Lindenbergia fengkaiensis ''Lindenbergia'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the order Lamiales and in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. It is one of the few genera of the family which are not parasitic. It contains about 15 species found from northeast Africa across A ...

'' R.H.Miau & Q.Y.Cen *'' Lindenbergia fruticosa'' Benth. *''

Lindenbergia grandiflora ''Lindenbergia'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the order Lamiales and in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. It is one of the few genera of the family which are not parasitic. It contains about 15 species found from northeast Africa across A ...

'' Benth. *''

Lindenbergia griffithii ''Lindenbergia'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the order Lamiales and in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. It is one of the few genera of the family which are not parasitic. It contains about 15 species found from northeast Africa across A ...

'' Hook.f. *''

Lindenbergia hookeri ''Lindenbergia'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the order Lamiales and in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. It is one of the few genera of the family which are not parasitic. It contains about 15 species found from northeast Africa across A ...

'' C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f. *''

Lindenbergia indica ''Lindenbergia'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the order Lamiales and in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. It is one of the few genera of the family which are not parasitic. It contains about 15 species found from northeast Africa across A ...

'' (L.) Vatke *''

Lindenbergia luchunensis ''Lindenbergia'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the order Lamiales and in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. It is one of the few genera of the family which are not parasitic. It contains about 15 species found from northeast Africa across A ...

'' D.D.Tao & Y.M.Shui *''

Lindenbergia macrostachya ''Lindenbergia'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the order Lamiales and in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. It is one of the few genera of the family which are not parasitic. It contains about 15 species found from northeast Africa across A ...

'' (Benth.) Benth. *''

Lindenbergia muraria ''Lindenbergia muraria'', Synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Lindenbergia urticifolia'', is a flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae, native from Ethiopia to south China and Indo-China. It is a common plant throughout India. It has a faint aromat ...

'' (Roxb. ex D.Don) Brühl, syn. ''Lindenbergia urticifolia'' Lehm. *''

Lindenbergia philippensis ''Lindenbergia'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the order Lamiales and in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. It is one of the few genera of the family which are not parasitic. It contains about 15 species found from northeast Africa across A ...

'' (Cham. & Schltdl.) Benth. *''

Lindenbergia serpyllifolia ''Lindenbergia'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the order Lamiales and in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. It is one of the few genera of the family which are not parasitic. It contains about 15 species found from northeast Africa across A ...

'' Hjertson *''

Lindenbergia sokotrana ''Lindenbergia sokotrana'' is a species of plant in the family Orobanchaceae. It is endemic to Socotra Socotra or Soqotra (; ar, سُقُطْرَىٰ ; so, Suqadara) is an island of the Republic of Yemen in the Indian Ocean, under the ''d ...

'' Vierh. *''

Lindenbergia titensis ''Lindenbergia'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the order Lamiales and in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. It is one of the few genera of the family which are not parasitic. It contains about 15 species found from northeast Africa across A ...

'' Sikdar & Maiti

References

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