Hoverdenia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Acanthaceae |
Genus: | Hoverdenia Nees (1847) |
Species: | H. speciosa |
Binomial name | |
Hoverdenia speciosa Nees (1847) | |
Hoverdenia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. [1] It only contains one species, Hoverdenia speciosa. [2]
It is native to Veracruz and northeastern Mexico. [2]
The genus name of Hoverdenia is in honour of Adrian Josef Graf von Hoverden-Plencken (1798–1875), a Silesian administrator and collector. He was also the president of the former museum in Wrocław. [3] The Latin specific epithet of speciosa refers to speciosus meaning showy. [4] Both genus and species were first described and published in 1847. [5]
Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie was a French botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar.
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