Helmholtzia
| Helmholtzia | |
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| Helmholtzia glaberrima | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Commelinales |
| Family: | Philydraceae |
| Genus: | Helmholtzia F.Muell. |
| Synonyms[1][2][3] | |
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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]
- Helmholtzia acorifolia F.Muell. - NE Queensland
- Helmholtzia glaberrima (Hook.f.) Caruel - Mount Warning region in SE Queensland + NE New South Wales
- Helmholtzia novoguineensis (K.Krause) Skottsb. - New Guinea, Maluku
References
- ^ a b c http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=248696
- ^ a b Tropicos, Helmholtzia F. Muell.
- ^ Tropicos, Orthothylax (Hook. f.) Skottsb.
- ^ Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1866. Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ 5: 202-203 in Latin
- ^ PlantNET: New South Wales Flora online: Helmholtzia
- ^ Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens: Newsletter November 2003 Archived 2006-09-02 at the Wayback Machine