Ibervillea

Ibervillea
Ibervillea lindheimeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Ibervillea
Greene (1895)
Synonyms
  • Dieterlea E.J.Lott (1986)
  • Maximowiczia Cogn. (1881), nom. illeg.
  • Tumamoca Rose (1912)

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

Its native range is Arizona, Oklahoma New Mexico, Texas and south to Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.[1]

The genus name of Ibervillea is in honour of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661–1706), a soldier, ship captain, explorer, colonial administrator, knight of the Order of Saint-Louis, adventurer, privateer, trader, member of Compagnies Franches de la Marine and founder of the French colony of Louisiana in New France.[2] It was first described and published in Erythea Vol.3 on page 75 in 1895.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ibervillea Greene | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 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.