Holmbergia

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Holmbergia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Holmbergia
Hicken (1909)
Species:
H. tweediei
Binomial name
Holmbergia tweediei
(Moq.) Speg. (1916)
Synonyms [1]
  • Chenopodium exocarpumGriseb. (1879)
  • Chenopodium stuckertiiGand. (1908)
  • Chenopodium tweedieiMoq. (1849)
  • Holmbergia exocarpa(Griseb.) Hicken (1909)

Holmbergia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. [2] It only contains one species, Holmbergia tweediei(Moq.) Speg. [1]

Its native range is in southern South America. It is found in Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. [1]

The genus name of Holmbergia is in honour of Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg (1775–1862), an Argentine natural historian and novelist, as well as a leading figure in Argentine biology. [3] The Latin specific epithet of tweediei refers to botanist John (James) Tweedie (1900-1989). [4]

The genus of Holmbergia was first described and published in Apuntes Hist. Nat. Vol.1 on page 65 in 1909. [2] and the species, Holmbergia tweediei was first described and published in Physis (Buenos Aires) Vol.2 on page 178 in 1916. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Holmbergia tweediei (Moq.) Speg" . Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Holmbergia Hicken | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-2676-9.
  4. ↑ Moquin in A.P. De Candolle. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. volume 13(2). page 63. 1849.
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