Weddellina
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Podostemaceae
Genus: Weddellina
Tul.
Species:
W. squamulosa
Binomial name
Weddellina squamulosa
Tul.

Weddellina is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae. It only contains one known species, Weddellina squamulosa.[1]

It is native to Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela in Southern America.[1]

There 2 accepted forms;[2]

The genus name of Weddellina is in honour of Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819–1877), an English physician and botanist, specialising in South American flora.[3] The Latin specific epithet of squamulosa means having small scales, derived from Latin squamula (meaning “small scales”).[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., séries 3, Vol.11 on page 113 in 1849.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Weddellina Tul. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Weddellina squamulosa Tul. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.

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