Halacsya Explained

Halacsya is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.^[1] It only contains one species, Halacsya sendtneri (Boiss.) Dörfl. ^[2]

It is native to the Balkan Peninsula and is found in Albania, Greece and the former Yugoslavia.

It has one known subspecies; Halacsya sendtneri subsp. devollensis (from Albania).^[2]

The genus name of Halacsya is in honour of Eugen von Halácsy (1842–1913), an Austrian physician and botanist of Hungarian descent.^[3] The Latin specific epithet of sendtneri refers to Otto Sendtner, (1813–1859) a German botanist and phytogeographer. Halacsya sendtneri was first described and published in Exsicc. (Herb. Norm.) Vol.44 on page 103, n.º 4364 in 1902.

Culture

In 2020, the Republic of Kosovo issued a set of postage stamps with images of various flora including Halacsya sendtneri.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Halacsya Dörfl. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 15 May 2021 . en.
2. Web site: Halacsya sendtneri (Boiss.) Dörfl. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 20 September 2021 . en.
3. Book: Quattrocchi, Umberto . CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L . CRC Press . Boca Raton, Florida . 2000 . 978-0-8493-2676-9.
4. Web site: Stamp: Halacsya sendtneri (Kosovo 2020) . touchstamps.com . 20 September 2021.