Hoehnea

Hoehnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Nepetoideae
Tribe:	Mentheae
Genus:	Hoehnea ; Epling
Synonyms
	KeithiaBenth. 1834 not Spreng. 1822

Last updated November 26, 2025

Hoehnea is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described with this name in 1939. It is native to South America, primarily southern Brazil and Paraguay.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The genus name of Hoehnea is in honour of Frederico Carlos Hoehne (1882-1959), who was a Brazilian botanist.^[4] It was first described and published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. Vol.115 on page 8 in 1939.^[3]

Species^[1]

Hoehnea epilobioides (Epling) Epling - Paraguay, southern Brazil
Hoehnea minima (J.A.Schmidt) Epling - southern Brazil and possibly northern Argentina
Hoehnea parvula (Epling) Epling - southern Brazil
Hoehnea scutellarioides (Benth.) Epling - southern Brazil

References

1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
1 2 "Hoehnea Epling | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
↑ 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. S2CID 187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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[kew-1] 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

[POWO-3] 1 2 "Hoehnea Epling | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

[4] 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. S2CID 187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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