Biology:Pombalia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plant

Pombalia
Pombalia glabra 151912035.jpg
Pombalia glabra
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Violaceae
Genus: Pombalia
Vand.
Synonyms

Solea Spreng.

Pombalia Vand. is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Violaceae.[1]

Its native range is the tropical and subtropical parts of Central and South America, Mexico and the American states of Arizona, Colorado, Kansas , New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas .[1] It has been introduced to Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, North Carolina (in the USA), KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Vietnam (in Asia).[1]

The genus name of Pombalia is in honour of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1699–1782), a Portuguese statesman and diplomat who effectively ruled the Portuguese Empire from 1750 to 1777 as chief minister to King Joseph I.[2] It was first described and published in Fasciculus Plantarum cum novis generibus et speciebus. Olisipone[3] (Fasc. Pl.) on page 7 in 1771.[1]

Known species

According to Kew;[1][4][5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q37614651 entry