Hoverdenia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.[1] It only contains one species, Hoverdenia speciosa.[2]
| Hoverdenia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Hoverdenia Nees (1847) |
| Species: | H. speciosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Hoverdenia speciosa Nees (1847)
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It is native to Veracruz and northeastern Mexico.[2]
The genus name of Hoverdenia is in honour of Adrian Josef Graf von Hoverden-Plencken (1798–1875), a Silesian administrator and collector. He was also the president of the former museum in Wrocław.[3] The Latin specific epithet of speciosa refers to speciosus meaning showy.[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in 1847.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Hoverdenia Nees | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Hoverdenia speciosa Nees | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Coombes, Allen (2012). The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 50. ISBN 9781604691962.
- ^ De Candole, Alphonse P. (1847). Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis. Vol. 11. p. 330.