''Tinnea'' is a genus of plants in the family
Lamiaceae
The Lamiaceae ( )
or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory ...
first described in 1867. It is native to
sub-Saharan
Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the African co ...
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref> It was named in honour of the Dutch explorer Alexine Tinne
Alexandrine "Alexine" Pieternella Françoise Tinne (17 October 1835 – 1 August 1869) was a Dutch explorer in Africa who was the first European woman to attempt to cross the Sahara. She was an early photographer.
Early life
Alexandrine ...
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# '' Tinnea aethiopica'' - widespread from Mali to Somalia south to Mozambique; naturalized in Trinidad & Tobago
# '' Tinnea antiscorbutica'' - DRC, Zambia, Angola
# '' Tinnea apiculata'' - eastern Africa from Rwanda to Mozambique
# '' Tinnea barbata'' - Eswatini, northern South Africa
# '' Tinnea barteri'' - western Africa
# '' Tinnea benguellensis'' - Angola
# '' Tinnea coerulea'' - DRC, Zambia, Angola
# '' Tinnea eriocalyx'' - DRC, Angola, Botswana, Namibia
# '' Tinnea galpinii'' - Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa
# '' Tinnea gossweileri'' - Angola
# '' Tinnea gracilis'' - Tanzania to Zambia
# '' Tinnea mirabilis'' - Tanzania
# '' Tinnea physalis'' - Tanzania
# '' Tinnea platyphylla'' - DRC
# '' Tinnea rhodesiana'' - South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique
# '' Tinnea somalensis'' - Ethiopia
# '' Tinnea vesiculosa'' - Tanzania, Malawi
# '' Tinnea vestita'' - Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Botswana
# '' Tinnea zambesiaca'' - Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique
]
References
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Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae genera