Biology:Weddellina

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Weddellina
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Podostemaceae
Genus: Weddellina
Tul.
Species:
W. squamulosa
Binomial name
Weddellina squamulosa
Tul.

Weddellina is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae. It only contains one known species, Weddellina squamulosa.[1]

It is native to Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela in Southern America.[1]

There 2 accepted forms;[2]

  • Weddellina squamulosa f. squamulosa
  • Weddellina squamulosa f. uaupensis (Benth.) P.Royen

The genus name of Weddellina is in honour of Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819–1877), an English physician and botanist, specialising in South American flora.[3] The Latin specific epithet of squamulosa means having small scales, derived from Latin squamula (meaning “small scales”).[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., séries 3, Vol.11 on page 113 in 1849.[1][2]

References

Other sources

  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1–238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil Acta Amazonica 45: 111–132.

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