Pedersenia Explained

Pedersenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.^[1]

Its native range is mainland tropical America, from Honduras to Paraguay, and Puerto Rico and the Windward Islands.

The genus name of Pedersenia is in honour of Troels Myndel Pedersen (1916–2000), a Danish-born Argentinian botanist with a large herbarium and also specialist in Amaranthaceae.^[2] It was first described and published in Preslia Vol.70 on page 181 in 1998.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Pedersenia argentata
• Pedersenia cardenasii
• Pedersenia completa
• Pedersenia costaricensis
• Pedersenia hassleriana
• Pedersenia macrophylla
• Pedersenia volubilis
• Pedersenia weberbaueri

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pedersenia Holub Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 24 March 2021 . en.
2. 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.