| Lenzia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Montiaceae |
| Genus: | Lenzia Phil. |
| Synonyms | |
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Lenzia vernonioides Sch.Bip. ex Phil. | |
Lenzia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiaceae. It only contains one known species, Lenzia chamaepitys Phil.
Its native range is southern South America and it is found in Argentina and Chile.
The genus name of Lenzia is in honour of Harald Othmar Lenz (1798–1870), a German teacher and naturalist in Thuringia and also historian of science, as well as a specialist in fungi and sponges. The Latin specific epithet of chamaepitys refers the Ancient Greek words χαμαί khamaí latinized into chamae meaning "on the ground, to the ground/earth", and also πιτυς pitys meaning "pine", from resemblance of the foliage to that of pine trees. Both genus and species were first described and published in Linnaea Vol.33 on page 222 in 1864.
References
- "Lenzia Phil. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "Lenzia chamaepitys Phil. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- 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.
- Wrigley, John; Fagg, Murray (1991). Banksias, Waratahs and Grevilleas. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. p. 479. ISBN 0-207-17277-3.
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| Lenzia | |
| Lenzia chamaepitys | |