Hoehnea Explained

Hoehnea is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described with this name in 1939. It is native to South America, primarily southern Brazil and Paraguay.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The genus name of Hoehnea is in honour of Frederico Carlos Hoehne (1882-1959), who was a Brazilian botanist.^[4] It was first described and published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. Vol.115 on page 8 in 1939.^[3]

Species^[1]

• Hoehnea epilobioides (Epling) Epling - Paraguay, southern Brazil
• Hoehnea minima (J.A.Schmidt) Epling - southern Brazil and possibly northern Argentina
• Hoehnea parvula (Epling) Epling - southern Brazil
• Hoehnea scutellarioides (Benth.) Epling - southern Brazil

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=99402 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil Web site: Archived copy . 2015-08-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/ . 2015-09-06 . . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
3. Web site: Hoehnea Epling Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 6 December 2021 . en.
4. 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 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.