Verhuellia Explained

Verhuellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Piperaceae.^[1] Verhuellia is a sister genus to all other Piperaceae, but has its own subfamily of Verhuellioideae.^[2]

It is native to Cuba and Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti).

Known species

As accepted by Kew:

• Verhuellia hydrocotylifolia (Griseb.) C.DC. ex C.Wright
• Verhuellia lunaria (Ham.) C.DC.
• Verhuellia pellucida F.Schmitz

The genus name of Verhuellia is in honour of Quirijn Maurits Rudolph Ver Huell (1787–1860), a Dutch rear admiral, illustrator and entomologist.^[3] It was first described and published in Syst. Piperac. on page 47 in 1843.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Verhuellia Miq. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 14 March 2021 . en.
2. Samain et al. (2010) "Verhuellia is a segregate lineage in Piperaceae: more evidence from flower, fruit and pollen morphology, anatomy and development". Annals of Botany, 105.
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.