Biology:Helmiopsis

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Helmiopsis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Helmiopsis
H.Perrier

Helmiopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.[1]

Its native range is Madagascar .[1]

The genus name of Helmiopsis is in honour of C. Helm, German clergyman in Berlin and amateur botanist.[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.91 on page 230 in 1945.[1]

Known species

According to Kew;[1]

  • Helmiopsis bernieri (Baill.) Arènes
  • Helmiopsis boivinii (Baill.) Arènes
  • Helmiopsis calcicola Arènes
  • Helmiopsis glaberrima Arènes
  • Helmiopsis hily Arènes
  • Helmiopsis linearifolia (Hochr.) Skema
  • Helmiopsis polyandra Appleq.
  • Helmiopsis pseudopopulus (Baill.) Capuron
  • Helmiopsis richardii (Baill.) Capuron
  • Helmiopsis rigida (Baill.) Dorr
  • Helmiopsis sphaerocarpa L.C.Barnett

References

Wikidata ☰ Q9002498 entry