Helmholtzia

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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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