Howelliella Explained

Howelliella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.^[1] It only contains one species, Howelliella ovata.^[2]

It is native to California.

The genus name of Howelliella is in honour of John Thomas Howell (1903–1994), an American botanist and taxonomist,^[3] and the Latin specific epithet of ovata refers to ovate, from ovum meaning egg.^[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in 1954.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Howelliella Rothm. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 16 May 2021 . en.
2. Web site: Howelliella ovata (Eastw.) Rothm. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . 2 October 2021.
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. Book: Coombes, Allen . The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants . Timber Press . Portland, Oregon . 2012 . 9781604691962 . 57 .
5. Rothmaler . Werner . Notes on Western Antirrhineae . Leaflets of Western Botany . 7 . 1954 . 115 .