Pombalia Explained

Pombalia Vand. is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Violaceae.^[1]

Its native range is the tropical and subtropical parts of Central and South America, Mexico and the American states of Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. It has been introduced to Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, North Carolina (in the USA), KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Vietnam (in Asia). The genus name of Pombalia is in honour of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1699–1782), a Portuguese statesman and diplomat who effectively ruled the Portuguese Empire from 1750 to 1777 as chief minister to King Joseph I.^[2] It was first described and published in Fasciculus Plantarum cum novis generibus et speciebus. Olisipone^[3] (Fasc. Pl.) on page 7 in 1771.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew;^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pombalia Vand. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 23 May 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.
3. Web site: International Plant Names Index . www.ipni.org . 18 November 2021.
4. Paula-Souza. Juliana. Ballard, Jr.. Harvey Eugene. 2014-10-15. Re-establishment of the name Pombalia, and new combinations from the polyphyletic Hybanthus (Violaceae) . Phytotaxa. 183. 1. 1. 10.11646/phytotaxa.183.1.1. 1179-3163.
5. Paula-Souza. J.. Lima. A. G.. Souza. V. C.. The Violets of the Brazilian Savanna: A Revision of the Pombalia Lanata Complex (Violaceae), with Descriptions of Two New Species. 2021-04-07. Edinburgh Journal of Botany. en. 78. 1–32. 10.24823/EJB.2021.357. 236758841. 1474-0036. free.