Hohenbergia

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Hohenbergia
Hohenbergia stellata inflorescence
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Bromelioideae
Genus: Hohenbergia
Schult. & Schult.f. 1830
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Hohenbergia is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to the West Indies, the Yucatán Peninsula, and northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil).[1]

The genus name is named after Duke Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg, a German botanist and patron of botany who travelled to the Americas under the alias of Baron of Hohenberg.[2] This genus has two recognized subgenera: the type subgenus and Wittmackiopsis Mez. Recent DNA studies have shown the two subgenera are not monophyletic, and the species of subg. Wittmackiopsis have been transferred to the resurrected genus Wittmackia.

Species[edit]

Cultivars[edit]

  • Hohenbergia 'Maria Valentina'

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ "Genera Etymology". Bromeliad Society International. Archived from the original on 3 February 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2012.

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