Herbstia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.[1] It only contains one species, Herbstia brasiliana (Moq.) Sohmer [2] It is within the Amaranthoideae subfamily.[3]
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| From 1875, an illustration of Herbstia brasiliana, labelled as Banalia brasiliana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Herbstia Sohmer |
| Species: | H. brasiliana
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| Binomial name | |
| Herbstia brasiliana | |
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Description
editA sub-shrub,[4] which has bisexual flowers (bearing both male and female reproductive organs), disposed in 1 or several cymules (a small cyme) clustered in the leaf axils with the ovate.[5]
Range and habitat
editIt is native to Brazil, Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina.[2][5] It grows in the Atlantic Rainforest.[6]
Taxonomy
editIn 1976, botanist Seymour Hans Sohmer (from the University of Wisconsin), was carrying out a study of plants within the genus of Chamissoa (in the family Amaranthaceae of the Caryophyllales order), he found out that Chamissoa brasiliana (Moq.) R.E.Fr. was different to other Chamissoa plants in many ways including; habit, morphology, nature of the seed and fruit. So Sohmer published the plant as Herbstia brasiliana.[5][7]
The genus name of Herbstia is in honour of Dr. Derral Raymon Herbst (b. 1934), an American botanist in Hawaii.[5][8] The Latin specific epithet of brasiliana refers to Brazil, where the plant was originally found. Herbstia brasiliana was first described and published in Brittonia Vol.28 on page 450 (in 1976, publ. 1977).[2][5] The plant was originally called Banalia brasiliana Moq., which was first described and published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. Vol.13 Issue 2, on page 278 in 1849.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Genus Herbstia Sohmer". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Herbstia brasiliana (Moq.) Sohmer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ Hernández-Ledesma, Patricia; Berendsohn, Walter G.; Borsch, Thomas; Von Mering, Sabine; Akhani, Hossein; Arias, Salvador; Castañeda-Noa, Idelfonso; Eggli, Urs; Eriksson, Roger; Flores-Olvera, Hilda; Fuentes-Bazán, Susy; Kadereit, Gudrun; Klak, Cornelia; Korotkova, Nadja; Nyffeler, Reto; Ocampo, Gilberto; Ochoterena, Helga; Oxelman, Bengt; Rabeler, Richard K.; Sanchez, Adriana; Schlumpberger, Boris O.; Uotila, Pertti (2015). "A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales" (PDF). Willdenowia. 45 (3): 281–383. doi:10.3372/wi.45.45301. S2CID 85656868.
- ^ Gbolagade Akeem Lameed (editor) Biodiversity Enrichment in a Diverse World (2012), p. 244, at Google Books
- ^ a b c d e Sohmer, S. H. (1976). "Herbstia, a New Genus in the Amaranthaceae". Brittonia. 28 (4): 448–452. doi:10.2307/2805610. JSTOR 2805610. S2CID 36910851. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "Herbstia brasiliana (Moq.) Sohmer". floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br. Brazilian Flora 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ Hawaiian Botanical Society Newsletter of Hawaiian Botanical Society, Volumes 14-19 (1975) at Google Books
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Banalia brasiliana Moq. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 September 2021.