''Mannagettaea'' is a genus of
flowering plants belonging to the family
Orobanchaceae.
It is a
holoparasitic
A parasitic plant is a plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirements from another living plant. They make up about 1% of angiosperms and are found in almost every biome. All parasitic plants develop a specialized organ called the ...
plant.
It is native to southern Siberia (within
Irkutsk Oblast and
Tuva) and also northern China (in
Qinghai).
The genus name of ''Mannagettaea'' is in honour of
Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau (1856–1931), a prominent Austrian botanist.
It was first described and published in Acta Horti Gothob. Vol.8 on page 135 in 1933.
Known species, according to Kew;
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Mannagettaea hummelii
''Mannagettaea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. It is a holoparasitic
A parasitic plant is a plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirements from another living plant. They make up about ...
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Mannagettaea labiata''
References
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Orobanchaceae
Orobanchaceae genera
Plants described in 1933
Flora of China
Flora of Siberia