Biology:Helmontia
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Short description: Genus of plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Helmontia Cogn. |
Helmontia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.[1]
Its native range is from northern South America to northern Brazil. It is found in the countries of Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.[1]
The genus name of Helmontia is in honour of Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580–1644), a chemist, physiologist, and physician from the Spanish Netherlands.[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique Vol.14 on page 239 in 1875.[1]
Known species, according to Kew:[1]
- Helmontia cardiophylla Harms
- Helmontia leptantha (Schltdl.) Cogn.
- Helmontia trujilloi C.Jeffrey
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Helmontia Cogn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:13303-1.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q9002502 entry
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