Biology:Johanneshowellia

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Johanneshowellia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Johanneshowellia
Reveal

Johanneshowellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygonaceae.[1][2][3]

Its native range is south-western USA. It is found in the states of California, Nevada and Utah.[1]

The genus name of Johanneshowellia is in honour of John Thomas Howell (1903–1994), an American botanist and taxonomist.[4] It was first described and published in Brittonia Vol.56 on page 299 in 2004.[1][3]

Known species, according to Kew:[1]

  • Johanneshowellia crateriorum Reveal
  • Johanneshowellia puberula (S.Watson) Reveal

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Johanneshowellia Reveal | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60436790-2. 
  2. Reveal, James L.. "Eriogonoideae (Polygonaceae) of North America north of Mexico: Johanneshowellia". University of Maryland. http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/eriog/johanneshowellia.html. Retrieved 2 October 2021. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Reveal, James L. (2004). "Johanneshowellia (Polygonaceae: Eriogonoideae), a new genus from the Intermountain West". Brittonia 56 (4): 299–306. doi:10.1663/0007-196X(2004)056[0299:JPEANG2.0.CO;2]. ISSN 0007-196X. 
  4. 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. 

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