''Helmholtzia'' is a small
genus
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of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s described in 1866.
[Tropicos, ''Helmholtzia'' F. Muell.]
/ref> It includes species native to Australia
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(New South Wales
)
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and Queensland
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, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
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), Indonesia
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(Maluku Province
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), and New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
.Hermann von Helmholtz
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (31 August 1821 – 8 September 1894) was a German physicist and physician who made significant contributions in several scientific fields, particularly hydrodynamic stability. The Helmholtz Association, ...
, a German physician and physicist, by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vict ...
. [Burkhardt L. 2016: Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen. Index of Eponymic Plant Names. Index de Noms Eponymes des Genres Botaniques. Eine botanische • historische • biographische Recherche zu Widmungen in den Pflanzengattungen. – Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. ]
; Species[
* '']Helmholtzia acorifolia
''Helmholtzia'' is a small genus of flowering plants described in 1866. It includes species native to Australia (New South Wales and Queensland), Indonesia (Maluku Province), and New Guinea.
The genus was named for Hermann von Helmholtz, a Germa ...
'' F.Muell.
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victo ...
- NE Queensland
* ''Helmholtzia glaberrima
''Helmholtzia glaberrima'', commonly referred to as stream lily, is a rhizomatous perennial plant which is native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.
Stream lilies have long, dark-green strap-like leaves and form clumps that are up t ...
'' (Hook.f.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
) Caruel
Théodore (Teodoro) Caruel (27 June 1830 – 4 December 1898) was an Italian botanist of French-English parentage who specialized in flora of Tuscany.
He was born in Chandernagor, a French colonial enclave north of Calcutta, where his father se ...
- Mount Warning region in SE Queensland + NE New South Wales
* '' Helmholtzia novoguineensis'' (K.Krause) Skottsb. - New Guinea, Maluku
References
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Commelinales genera
Philydraceae