Helmholtzia Explained

Helmholtzia is a small genus of flowering plants described in 1866.^{[1] [2]} It includes species native to Australia (New South Wales and Queensland), Indonesia (Maluku Province), and New Guinea.^{[3] [4]}

The genus was named for Hermann von Helmholtz, a German physician and physicist, by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller.^{[5] [6]}

Species^[3]

• Helmholtzia acorifolia F.Muell. - NE Queensland
• Helmholtzia glaberrima (Hook.f.) Caruel - Mount Warning region in SE Queensland + NE New South Wales
• Helmholtzia novoguineensis (K.Krause) Skottsb. - New Guinea, Maluku

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/761920#page/211/mode/1up Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1866. Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ 5: 202-203
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40023064 Tropicos, Helmholtzia F. Muell.
3. Web site: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
4. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Helmholtzia PlantNET: New South Wales Flora online: Helmholtzia
5. http://www.anbg.gov.au/friends/archives/articles/articlesnov03.html Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens: Newsletter November 2003
6. Burkhardt L. 2016: Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen. Index of Eponymic Plant Names. Index de Noms Eponymes des Genres Botaniques. Eine botanische • historische • biographische Recherche zu Widmungen in den Pflanzengattungen. – Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin.