Hoverdenia Explained

Hoverdenia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.[1] It only contains one species, Hoverdenia speciosa.[2]

It is native to Veracruz and northeastern Mexico.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hoverdenia Nees Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 16 May 2021 . en.
  2. Web site: Hoverdenia speciosa Nees Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 2 October 2021 . en.
  3. 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.
  4. Book: Coombes, Allen . The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants . Timber Press . Portland, Oregon . 2012 . 9781604691962 . 50 .
  5. Book: De Candole, Alphonse P. . Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis . 11 . 1847 . 330 .

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