| Helmholtzia | |
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| Helmholtzia glaberrima | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Commelinales |
| Family: | Philydraceae |
| Genus: | Helmholtzia F.Muell. |
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Helmholtzia is a small genus of flowering plants which are native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia, and New Guinea.
The genus was named for Hermann von Helmholtz, a German physician and physicist, by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1865.
Species include: