Hilliardia

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Hilliardia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Anthemideae
Genus: Hilliardia
B.Nord.
Species:
H. zuurbergensis
Binomial name
Hilliardia zuurbergensis
Synonyms [1]

Matricaria zuurbergensis Oliv.

Hilliardia is a monotypic genus of South African flowering plants in the daisy family. [2] [3] It only contains one known species, Hilliardia zuurbergensis(Oliv.) B.Nord.

It is native to the Eastern Cape Province and KwaZulu-Natal of South Africa. [4] [5] [6]

The genus name of Hilliardia is in honour of Olive Mary Hilliard (b. 1925), a noted South African botanist and taxonomist. [7] The Latin specific epithet of zuurbergensis refers to coming from the Zuurberg Mountains in South Africa. The genus name of Hilliardia and the species of Hilliardia zuurbergensis were first described and published in Opera Bot. Vol.92 on page 147 in 1987. [8]

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References

  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Nordenstam, Rune Bertil. 1987. Opera Botanica 92: 147–148
  3. Tropicos, Hilliardia B. Nord.
  4. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  5. Tropicos, Matricaria zuurbergensis Oliv.
  6. Gateway to African Plants
  7. 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.
  8. "Hilliardia zuurbergensis (Oliv.) B.Nord. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 September 2021.