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'''''Helmholtzia''''' is a small [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s described as a genus in 1866.<ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/761920#page/211/mode/1up Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1866. Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ 5: 202-203] in Latin</ref><ref name=o>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40023064 Tropicos, ''Helmholtzia'' F. Muell.]</ref> which are native to [[Australia]] ([[New South Wales]] and [[Queensland]]), [[Indonesia]] ([[Maluku Province]]), and [[New Guinea]].<ref name=j>http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=248696</ref><ref>[http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Helmholtzia PlantNET: New South Wales Flora online: ''Helmholtzia'']</ref>
'''''Helmholtzia''''' is a small [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s described in 1866.<ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/761920#page/211/mode/1up Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1866. Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ 5: 202-203] in Latin</ref><ref name=o>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40023064 Tropicos, ''Helmholtzia'' F. Muell.]</ref> It includes species native to [[Australia]] ([[New South Wales]] and [[Queensland]]), [[Indonesia]] ([[Maluku Province]]), and [[New Guinea]].<ref name=j>http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=248696</ref><ref>[http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Helmholtzia PlantNET: New South Wales Flora online: ''Helmholtzia'']</ref>


The genus was named for [[Hermann von Helmholtz]], a German physician and physicist, by botanist [[Ferdinand von Mueller]].<ref>[http://www.anbg.gov.au/friends/archives/articles/articlesnov03.html Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens: Newsletter November 2003]</ref>
The genus was named for [[Hermann von Helmholtz]], a German physician and physicist, by botanist [[Ferdinand von Mueller]].<ref>[http://www.anbg.gov.au/friends/archives/articles/articlesnov03.html Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens: Newsletter November 2003]</ref>

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Helmholtzia
Helmholtzia glaberrima
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Helmholtzia

Synonyms[1][2][3]
  • Orthothylax (Hook.f.) Skottsb.
  • Philydrum section Helmholtzia (F.Muell.) Baill.
  • Philydrum section Orthothylax Hook. f.

Helmholtzia is a small genus of flowering plants described in 1866.[4][2] It includes species native to Australia (New South Wales and Queensland), Indonesia (Maluku Province), and New Guinea.[1][5]

The genus was named for Hermann von Helmholtz, a German physician and physicist, by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller.[6]

Species[1]
  1. Helmholtzia acorifolia F.Muell. - NE Queensland
  2. Helmholtzia glaberrima (Hook.f.) Caruel - Mount Warning region in SE Queensland + NE New South Wales
  3. Helmholtzia novoguineensis (K.Krause) Skottsb. - New Guinea, Maluku

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