Lichtensteinia (plant)
Lichtensteinia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. It is also the only genus in the tribe Lichtensteinieae, subfamily Apioideae.
It is native to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal.
The genus name of Lichtensteinia is in honour of Hinrich Lichtenstein, a German physician, explorer, botanist and zoologist.
It was first described and published in Linnaea Vol.1 on page 394 in 1826.