Hunzikeria

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Hunzikeria
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Hunzikeria
D'Arcy

Hunzikeria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. [1]

Its native ranges are Mexico and Venezuela. [1]

The genus name of Hunzikeria is in honour of Armando Theodoro Hunziker (1919–2001), an Argentine botanist. He had specialized in the study of systems biology of the family Solanaceae. [2] It was first described and published by William Gerald D'Arcy in Phytologia Vol.34 on page 283 in 1976. [1]

Known species, according to Kew: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Hunzikeria D'Arcy | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. 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.