Teedia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Scrophulariaceae.[1]

Teedia
Teedia lucida in South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Tribe: Teedieae
Genus: Teedia
Rudolphi
Synonyms

Borckhausenia Roth

Its native range is southern tropical Africa (within the countries of Lesotho, Eswatini and Zimbabwe) and South Africa (within the regions of Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Provinces).[1]

The genus name of Teedia is in honour of Johann Georg Teede, a German botanist who collected plants in Portugal.[2] It was first described and published in J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799 (Vol.2) on page 288 in 1800.[1]

Known species

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According to Kew:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Teedia Rudolphi | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.