Biology:Holmbergia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Holmbergia Hicken |
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Holmbergia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.[1] It only contains one species, Holmbergia tweediei (Moq.) Speg. [2]
Its native range is in southern South America. It is found in Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.[2]
The genus name of Holmbergia is in honour of Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg (1775–1862), an Argentine natural historian and novelist, as well as a leading figure in Argentine biology.[3] The Latin specific epithet of tweediei refers to botanist John (James) Tweedie (1900-1989).[4]
The genus of Holmbergia was first described and published in Apuntes Hist. Nat. Vol.1 on page 65 in 1909.[1] and the species, Holmbergia tweediei was first described and published in Physis (Buenos Aires) Vol.2 on page 178 in 1916.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Holmbergia Hicken | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:297366-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Holmbergia tweediei (Moq.) Speg.". https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:123540-2.
- ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
- ↑ Moquin in A.P. De Candolle. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. volume 13(2). page 63. 1849.[1]
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