''Helmontia'' is a genus 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 belonging to the family

Cucurbitaceae The Cucurbitaceae, also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant family consisting of about 965 species in around 95 genera, of which the most important to humans are: *''Cucurbita'' – squash, pumpkin, zucchini, some gourds *''Lagena ...

. Its native range is from northern South America to northern Brazil. It is found in the countries of Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. The genus name of ''Helmontia'' is in honour of

Jan Baptist van Helmont Jan Baptist van Helmont (; ; 12 January 1580 – 30 December 1644) was a chemist, physiologist, and physician from Brussels. He worked during the years just after Paracelsus and the rise of iatrochemistry, and is sometimes considered to ...

(1580–1644), a chemist, physiologist, and physician from the

Spanish Netherlands Spanish Netherlands (Spanish: Países Bajos Españoles; Dutch: Spaanse Nederlanden; French: Pays-Bas espagnols; German: Spanische Niederlande.) (historically in Spanish: ''Flandes'', the name "Flanders" was used as a ''pars pro toto'') was the Ha ...

. It was first described and published in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique Vol.14 on page 239 in 1875. Known species, according to Kew: *''

Helmontia cardiophylla ''Helmontia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. Its native range is from northern South America to northern Brazil. It is found in the countries of Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. The ge ...

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Helmontia leptantha ''Helmontia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. Its native range is from northern South America to northern Brazil. It is found in the countries of Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. The ge ...

'' *'' Helmontia trujilloi''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9002502 Cucurbitaceae Cucurbitaceae genera Plants described in 1875 Flora of South America Taxa named by Alfred Cogniaux