Howelliella

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Howelliella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Howelliella
Rothm.
Species:
H. ovata
Binomial name
Howelliella ovata
(Eastw.) Rothm.
Synonyms

Antirrhinum ovatumEastw.

Howelliella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. [1] It only contains one species, Howelliella ovata. [2]

It is native to California. [2]

The genus name of Howelliella is in honour of John Thomas Howell (1903–1994), an American botanist and taxonomist, [3] and the Latin specific epithet of ovata refers to ovate, from ovum meaning egg. [4] Both genus and species were first described and published in 1954. [5]

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References

  1. "Howelliella Rothm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Howelliella ovata (Eastw.) Rothm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" . Retrieved 2 October 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. Coombes, Allen (2012). The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 57. ISBN   9781604691962.
  5. Rothmaler, Werner (1954). "Notes on Western Antirrhineae". Leaflets of Western Botany. 7: 115.