Weddellina Explained

Weddellina is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae. It only contains one known species, Weddellina squamulosa.^[1]

It is native to Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela in Southern America.

There 2 accepted forms;^[2]

• Weddellina squamulosa f. squamulosa
• Weddellina squamulosa f. uaupensis

The genus name of Weddellina is in honour of Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819–1877), an English physician and botanist, specialising in South American flora.^[3] The Latin specific epithet of squamulosa means having small scales, derived from Latin squamula (meaning “small scales”).^[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., séries 3, Vol.11 on page 113 in 1849.^{[1] [2]}

Other sources

• Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1–238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
• Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
• de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil Acta Amazonica 45: 111–132.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weddellina Tul. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 13 March 2021 . en.
2. Web site: Weddellina squamulosa Tul. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 11 January 2022 . 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 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.
4. Book: Harrison, Lorraine . RHS Latin for Gardeners . 2012 . Mitchell Beazley . United Kingdom . 978-1845337315 .