Holmbergia

Holmbergia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.[1] It only contains one species, Holmbergia tweediei (Moq.) Speg. [2]

For the genus of flies, see Rhopalosyrphus.

Holmbergia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Holmbergia
Hicken
Synonyms
  • Chenopodium exocarpum Griseb.
  • Chenopodium stuckertii Gand.
  • Chenopodium tweediei Moq.
  • Holmbergia exocarpa (Griseb.) Hicken

Its native range is in southern South America. It is found in Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.[2]

The genus name of Holmbergia is in honour of Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg (1775–1862), an Argentine natural historian and novelist, as well as a leading figure in Argentine biology.[3] The Latin specific epithet of tweediei refers to botanist John (James) Tweedie (1900-1989).[4]

The genus of Holmbergia was first described and published in Apuntes Hist. Nat. Vol.1 on page 65 in 1909.[1] and the species, Holmbergia tweediei was first described and published in Physis (Buenos Aires) Vol.2 on page 178 in 1916.[2]

References
  1. "Holmbergia Hicken | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. "Holmbergia tweediei (Moq.) Speg". Retrieved 1 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. Moquin in A.P. De Candolle. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. volume 13(2). page 63. 1849.
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