Helmholtzia

Helmholtzia
Helmholtzia glaberrima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Philydraceae
Genus: Helmholtzia
F.Muell.
Synonyms[1][2][3]
  • Orthothylax (Hook.f.) Skottsb.
  • Philydrum section Helmholtzia (F.Muell.) Baill.
  • Philydrum section Orthothylax Hook. f.

Helmholtzia is a small genus of flowering plants described in 1866.[4][2] It includes species native to Australia (New South Wales and Queensland), Indonesia (Maluku Province), and New Guinea.[1][5]

The genus was named for Hermann von Helmholtz, a German physician and physicist, by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller.[6]

Species[1]
  1. Helmholtzia acorifolia F.Muell. - NE Queensland
  2. Helmholtzia glaberrima (Hook.f.) Caruel - Mount Warning region in SE Queensland + NE New South Wales
  3. Helmholtzia novoguineensis (K.Krause) Skottsb. - New Guinea, Maluku

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=248696
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tropicos, Helmholtzia F. Muell.
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Orthothylax (Hook. f.) Skottsb.
  4. ↑ Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1866. Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ 5: 202-203 in Latin
  5. ↑ PlantNET: New South Wales Flora online: Helmholtzia
  6. ↑ Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens: Newsletter November 2003