Siemensia

Siemensia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.^[1] It only contains one known species, Siemensia pendula (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Urb. ^[1]

Siemensia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Siemensia Urb.
Synonyms
Portlandia pendula C.Wright ex Griseb.

Its native range is western Cuba.^[1]

The genus name of Siemensia is in honour of Werner von Siemens (1816–1892), a German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist. Siemens's name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance, the siemens. He founded the electrical and telecommunications conglomerate Siemens.^[2] The Latin specific epithet of pendula means hanging.^[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Symb. Antill. Vol.9 on page 143 in 1923.^[1]

References

1. "Siemensia Urb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 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.
3. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.