Helmholtzia

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Helmholtzia
Helmholtzia glaberrima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Philydraceae
Genus: Helmholtzia
F.Muell.
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] [7]

Species[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
  2. ^ a b Tropicos, Helmholtzia F. Muell.
  3. ^ Tropicos, Orthothylax (Hook. f.) Skottsb.
  4. ^ Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1866. Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ 5: 202-203 in Latin
  5. ^ PlantNET: New South Wales Flora online: Helmholtzia
  6. ^ Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens: Newsletter November 2003 Archived 2006-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Burkhardt L. 2016: Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen. Index of Eponymic Plant Names. Index de Noms Eponymes des Genres Botaniques. Eine botanische • historische • biographische Recherche zu Widmungen in den Pflanzengattungen. – Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. ISBN 978-3-946292-10-4