Helmontia

Helmontia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.[1]

Helmontia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Helmontia
Cogn.

Its native range is from northern South America to northern Brazil. It is found in the countries of Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.[1]

The genus name of Helmontia is in honour of Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580–1644), a chemist, physiologist, and physician from the Spanish Netherlands.[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique Vol.14 on page 239 in 1875.[1]

Known species, according to Kew:[1]

  • Helmontia cardiophylla Harms
  • Helmontia leptantha (Schltdl.) Cogn.
  • Helmontia trujilloi C.Jeffrey

References
  1. "Helmontia Cogn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. 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.
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