Wilbrandia

Wilbrandia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.[1] It is also in Tribe Coniandreae.

Wilbrandia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
Tribe: Coniandreae
Genus: Wilbrandia
Silva Manso

It is native to Brazil, Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina.[1]

Known species

As accepted by Plants of the World Online:[1]

  • Wilbrandia ebracteata Cogn.
  • Wilbrandia glaziovii Cogn.
  • Wilbrandia hibiscoides Silva Manso
  • Wilbrandia longisepala Cogn.
  • Wilbrandia verticillata (Vell.) Cogn.

The genus name of Wilbrandia is in honour of Johann Bernhard Wilbrand (1779–1846), a German anatomist and naturalist. He was a proponent of Naturphilosophie.[2] It was first described and published in Enum. Subst. Braz. page 30 in 1836.[1]

References

  1. "Wilbrandia Silva Manso | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 March 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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