Weddellina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Podostemaceae |
Genus: | Weddellina Tul. |
Species: | W. squamulosa |
Binomial name | |
Weddellina squamulosa Tul. | |
Weddellina is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae. It only contains one known species, Weddellina squamulosa. [1]
It is native to Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela in Southern America. [1]
The genus name of Weddellina is in honour of Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819–1877), an English physician and botanist, specialising in South American flora. [3] The Latin specific epithet of squamulosa means having small scales, derived from Latin squamula (meaning “small scales”). [4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., séries 3, Vol.11 on page 113 in 1849. [1] [2]
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