Howelliella
Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Howelliella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.[1] It only contains one species, Howelliella ovata.[2]
| Howelliella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Howelliella Rothm. |
| Species: | H. ovata |
| Binomial name | |
| Howelliella ovata (Eastw.) Rothm. | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Antirrhinum ovatum Eastw. | |
It is native to California.[2]
The genus name of Howelliella is in honour of John Thomas Howell (1903–1994), an American botanist and taxonomist,[3] and the Latin specific epithet of ovata refers to ovate, from ovum meaning egg.[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in 1954.[5]
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