Philippia

Philippia is a genus of plant in family Ericaceae. Its species range from southern to tropical Africa, Madagascar, and the Mascarene Islands.[1] Philippia is a characteristic Afromontane genus in southern and eastern Africa, found in montane forests and shrublands.[2] The former genus name of Philippia was in honour of Rodolfo Amando (or Rudolph Amandus) Philippi (1808–1904), who was a German–Chilean paleontologist and zoologist.[3]

Philippia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Ericaceae
Genus:
Philippia

This is now listed as a synonym of Erica.[4]

References
  1. Allaby, Michael (ed.) A Dictionary of Plant Sciences (2 ed.). Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN 9780198608912
  2. White F. (1978) The Afromontane Region. In: Werger M.J.A. (eds) Biogeography and Ecology of Southern Africa. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 31. Springer, Dordrecht. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-9951-0_11
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  4. "Philippia Klotzsch | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 September 2022.


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