| Wilbrandia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cucurbitoideae |
| Tribe: | Coniandreae |
| Genus: | Wilbrandia Silva Manso |
Wilbrandia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. [1] It is also in Tribe Coniandreae.
It is native to Brazil, Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina. [1]
As accepted by Plants of the World Online: [1]
The genus name of Wilbrandia is in honour of Johann Bernhard Wilbrand (1779–1846), a German anatomist and naturalist. He was a proponent of Naturphilosophie. [2] It was first described and published in Enum. Subst. Braz. page 30 in 1836. [1]
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