''Mechowia'' 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

Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it ...

. It is also in the

Amaranthoideae The Amaranthoideae are a subfamily of the Amaranthaceae. The stamens have anthers with two lobes (locules) and four pollen sacs. The main distribution of the subfamily is in tropical America, in tropical and Southern Africa, and in Australia. T ...

subfamily. It is native to Angola, Zambia and Zaïre (or

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

). The genus name of ''Mechowia'' is in honour of

Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Mechow Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Mechow (December 9, 1831 in Lauban – March 14, 1904 in Jugenheim) was a Prussian explorer of Africa, and a naturalist. Von Mechow was a specialty collector of phanerogams, particularly in Angola. He held the ra ...

(1831–1890), a

Prussian Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an e ...

explorer of Africa, and a naturalist. Von Mechow was a specialty collector of phanerogams, particularly in Angola. He also held the rank of major in the Prussian Army. It was first described and published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Vol.3 (Issue 1a) on page 110 in 1893.

Known species

According to Kew: *'' Mechowia grandiflora'' *''

Mechowia redactifolia ''Mechowia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is also in the Amaranthoideae subfamily. It is native to Angola, Zambia and Zaïre (or Democratic Republic of the Congo). The genus name of ''Mechowia'' is in ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17473922 Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae genera Plants described in 1893 Flora of Angola Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Flora of Zambia