Hohenbergia

Hohenbergia
Hohenbergia stellata inflorescence
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Bromelioideae
Genus: Hohenbergia
Schult. & Schult.f. 1830
Species

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Hohenbergia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to the West Indies, the Yucatán Peninsula, and northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil).[1]

The genus name is for the Prince of Württemberg, German patron of botany known as Hohenberg.[2] This genus has two recognized subgenera: the type subgenus and Wittmackiopsis Mez.

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References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. "Genera Etymology". Bromeliad Society International. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
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