Holmbergia

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Holmbergia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Holmbergia
Hicken (1909)
Species:
H. tweediei
Binomial name
Holmbergia tweediei
(Moq.) Speg. (1916)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chenopodium exocarpum Griseb. (1879)
  • Chenopodium stuckertii Gand. (1908)
  • Chenopodium tweediei Moq. (1849)
  • Holmbergia exocarpa (Griseb.) Hicken (1909)

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

Its native range is in southern South America. It is found in Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.[1]

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.[2] and the species, Holmbergia tweediei was first described and published in Physis (Buenos Aires) Vol.2 on page 178 in 1916.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Holmbergia tweediei (Moq.) Speg". Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Holmbergia Hicken | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 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.[1]