Hoverdenia

Hoverdenia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.[1] It only contains one species, Hoverdenia speciosa.[2]

Hoverdenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Hoverdenia
Nees
Species:
H. speciosa
Binomial name
Hoverdenia speciosa
Nees

It is native to Mexico.[2]

The genus name of Hoverdenia is in honour of Adrian Josef Graf von Hoverden-Plencken (1798–1875), a Silesian administrator and collector. He was also the president of the former museum in Wrocław.[3] The Latin specific epithet of speciosa refers to speciosus meaning showy.[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in 1847.[5]

References

  1. "Hoverdenia Nees | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. "Hoverdenia speciosa Nees | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  3. 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.
  4. Coombes, Allen (2012). The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 50. ISBN 9781604691962.
  5. De Candole, Alphonse P. (1847). Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis. Vol. 11. p. 330.
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