Biology:Verhuellia
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Verhuellia Miq. |
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Mildea Griseb. | |
Verhuellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Piperaceae.[1] Verhuellia is a sister genus to all other Piperaceae, but has its own subfamily of Verhuellioideae.[2]
It is native to Cuba and Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti).[1]
Known species
As accepted by Kew:[1]
- Verhuellia hydrocotylifolia (Griseb.) C.DC. ex C.Wright
- Verhuellia lunaria (Ham.) C.DC.
- Verhuellia pellucida F.Schmitz
The genus name of Verhuellia is in honour of Quirijn Maurits Rudolph Ver Huell (1787–1860), a Dutch rear admiral, illustrator and entomologist.[3] It was first described and published in Syst. Piperac. on page 47 in 1843.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Verhuellia Miq. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:32071-1.
- ↑ Samain et al. (2010) "Verhuellia is a segregate lineage in Piperaceae: more evidence from flower, fruit and pollen morphology, anatomy and development". Annals of Botany, 105.
- ↑ 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 ☰ Q15933122 entry
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