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{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
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| genus = Fonkia
| parent_authority = [[Phil.]] (1860)
| species = uliginosa
| authority = Phil. (1860)
| synonyms =
*''Braunblanquetia'' {{small|Eskuche }}
*''Braunblanquetia littoralis'' {{small|Eskuche (1974)}}
*''Gratiola uliginosa'' {{small|(Phil.) F.Phil. (1881)}}
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'''''Fonkia''''' is a [[monotypic genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s belonging to the family [[Plantaginaceae]]. The only species is '''''Fonkia uliginosa'''''.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=''Fonkia'' Phil. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37655-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
It is native to central and southern [[Chile]] and south-western [[Argentina]].<ref name="POWO" />
The genus is named after [[Francisco Fonk]] (1830–1912), a Chilean doctor.<ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> The [[epithet]] of ''uliginosa'' is from the [[Latin]] word, of marshes; from ''uligo'' meaning dampness.<ref>{{cite book | last=Lewis | first=Charlton | title=An Elementary Latin Dictionary | publisher=Oxford University Press | location=Oxford | year=1891 | isbn=9780199102051}}</ref>
It was first described and published in Linnaea Vol.30 on page 198 in 1860.<ref name="POWO" />
==References==
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[[Category:Plantaginaceae]]
[[Category:Monotypic Plantaginaceae genera]]
[[Category:Flora of South Argentina]]
[[Category:Flora of central Chile]]
[[Category:Flora of southern Chile]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1860]]