Herbstia brasiliana explained

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]

Description

A 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.

Range and habitat

It is native to Brazil, Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina.It grows in the Atlantic Rainforest.[5]

Taxonomy

In 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 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.[6] [7]

The genus name of Herbstia is in honour of Dr. Derral Raymon Herbst (b. 1934), an American botanist in Hawaii.[6] [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).[6] The plant was originally called Banalia brasiliana, which was first described and published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. Vol.13 Issue 2, on page 278 in 1849.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Genus Herbstia Sohmer . npgsweb.ars-grin.gov . 27 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Herbstia brasiliana (Moq.) Sohmer Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 27 September 2021 . en.
  3. 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 . A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales . Willdenowia . 2015 . 45 . 3 . 281–383. 10.3372/wi.45.45301 . 85656868 .
  4. Gbolagade Akeem Lameed (editor)
  5. Web site: Herbstia brasiliana (Moq.) Sohmer . floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br . Brazilian Flora 2020 . 27 September 2021.
  6. Sohmer . S. H. . Herbstia, a New Genus in the Amaranthaceae . Brittonia . 27 September 2021 . 1976. 28 . 4 . 448–452 . 10.2307/2805610 . 2805610 . 36910851 .
  7. Hawaiian Botanical Society
  8. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.
  9. Web site: Banalia brasiliana Moq. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 29 September 2021 . en.

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