Hildegardia (plant)

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Hildegardia
File:Hildegardia barteri - Koko Crater Botanical Garden - IMG 2298.JPG
Hildegardia barteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
(unranked):
(unranked):
(unranked):
Order:
Family:
Subfamily:
Genus:
Hildegardia

Lua error in Module:Taxonbar/candidate at line 22: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Hildegardia is a genus of trees in the family Malvaceae. In older systems of classification, it was placed in Sterculiaceae, but all members of that family are now in an expanded Malvaceae. The genus is named for Saint Hildegard of Bingen due to her contributions to herbal medicine.[1] There are 13 species with a pantropical distribution.[2]

Species include:

References

  1. Schott, H. W., Endlicher, S. F. L. Meletemata Botanica. (Vienna: Carolus Gerold, 1832)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Zaborsky, J. G. (2009). Hildegardia dauphinensis (Malvaceae, Sterculioideae): a new species from southeastern Madagascar. Adansonia, 31(1), 143-148.

<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>