Herbstia brasiliana

For the genus of crabs, see Herbstia.

Herbstia brasiliana
From 1875, an illustration of Herbstia brasiliana, labelled as Banalia brasiliana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Herbstia Sohmer
Species:	H. brasiliana
Binomial name
Herbstia brasiliana (Moq.) Sohmer
Synonyms
Banalia brasilianaMoq. Chamissoa brasiliana(Moq.) R.E.Fr.

Herbstia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. ^[1] It only contains one species, Herbstia brasiliana(Moq.) Sohmer ^[2] It is within the Amaranthoideae subfamily. ^[3]

Description

A sub-shrub, ^[4] which has bisexual flowers (bearing both male and female reproductive organs), disposed in 1 or several cymules (a small cyme) clustered in the leaf axils with the ovate. ^[5]

Range and habitat

It is native to Brazil, Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina. ^{[2] [5]} It grows in the Atlantic Rainforest. ^[6]

Taxonomy

In 1976, botanist Seymour Hans Sohmer (from the University of Wisconsin), was carrying out a study of plants within the genus of Chamissoa (in the family Amaranthaceae of the Caryophyllales order), he found out that Chamissoa brasiliana(Moq.) R.E.Fr. was different to other Chamissoa plants in many ways including; habit, morphology, nature of the seed and fruit. So Sohmer published the plant as Herbstia brasiliana. ^{[5] [7]}

The genus name of Herbstia is in honour of Dr. Derral Raymon Herbst (b. 1934), an American botanist in Hawaii. ^{[5] [8]} The Latin specific epithet of brasiliana refers to Brazil, where the plant was originally found. Herbstia brasiliana was first described and published in Brittonia Vol.28 on page 450 (in 1976, publ. 1977). ^{[2] [5]} The plant was originally called Banalia brasiliana Moq. , which was first described and published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. Vol.13 Issue 2, on page 278 in 1849. ^[9]

References

1. "Genus Herbstia Sohmer". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
2. "Herbstia brasiliana (Moq.) Sohmer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
3. Hernández-Ledesma, Patricia; Berendsohn, Walter G.; Borsch, Thomas; Von Mering, Sabine; Akhani, Hossein; Arias, Salvador; Castañeda-Noa, Idelfonso; Eggli, Urs; Eriksson, Roger; Flores-Olvera, Hilda; Fuentes-Bazán, Susy; Kadereit, Gudrun; Klak, Cornelia; Korotkova, Nadja; Nyffeler, Reto; Ocampo, Gilberto; Ochoterena, Helga; Oxelman, Bengt; Rabeler, Richard K.; Sanchez, Adriana; Schlumpberger, Boris O.; Uotila, Pertti (2015). "A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales" (PDF). Willdenowia. 45 (3): 281–383. doi:10.3372/wi.45.45301. S2CID   85656868.
4. Gbolagade Akeem Lameed (editor) Biodiversity Enrichment in a Diverse World (2012) , p. 244, at Google Books
5. Sohmer, S. H. (1976). "Herbstia, a New Genus in the Amaranthaceae". Brittonia. 28 (4): 448–452. doi:10.2307/2805610. JSTOR   2805610. S2CID   36910851 . Retrieved 27 September 2021.
6. "Herbstia brasiliana (Moq.) Sohmer". floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br. Brazilian Flora 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
7. Hawaiian Botanical Society Newsletter of Hawaiian Botanical Society, Volumes 14-19 (1975) at Google Books
8. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
9. "Banalia brasiliana Moq. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 September 2021.