Polemannia


Polemannia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.
It is native to South Africa and Lesotho.
The genus name of Polemannia is in honour of Peter Heinrich Polemann, a German chemist and apothecary who supported plant collectors in Schleswig-Holstein, who went to Cape Town, South Africa. It was first described and published in Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. on page 347 in 1837.

Known species

According to Kew:
  • Polemannia grossulariifolia
  • Polemannia montana
  • ''Polemannia simplicior''