Hectorella

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Hectorella caespitosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Montiaceae
Genus: Hectorella
Hook.f.
Species:
H. caespitosa
Binomial name
Hectorella caespitosa
Synonyms
  • Hectorella elongataBuchanan
  • Lyallia caespitosa(Hook.f.) Nyananyo & Heywood

Hectorella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiaceae. [1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Hectorella caespitosa. It is native to New Zealand. [2]

The genus name of Hectorella is in honour of James Hector (1834–1907), a Scottish-New Zealand geologist, naturalist and surgeon. [3] The Latin specific epithet of caespitosa refers to caespitose meaning tufted or turf-like, from caespes or Cf. caespititius. [4] Hectorella caespitosa was first described and published in Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. Vol.1 on page 27 in 1864. [2]

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References

  1. "Hectorella Hook.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Hectorella caespitosa Hook.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 September 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. Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780199102051.