''Hoverdenia'' is a
monotypic genus of
flowering plants belonging to the family
Acanthaceae. It only contains one species, ''Hoverdenia speciosa''.
It is native to Veracruz and northeastern Mexico.
The genus name of ''Hoverdenia'' is in honour of Adrian Josef Graf von Hoverden-Plencken (1798–1875), a
Silesian Silesian as an adjective can mean anything from or related to Silesia. As a noun, it refers to an article, item, or person of or from Silesia.
Silesian may also refer to:
People and languages
* Silesians, inhabitants of Silesia, either a West S ...
administrator and collector. He was also the president of the former museum in
Wrocław. The Latin
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
of ''speciosa'' refers to ''speciosus'' meaning showy.
Both genus and species were first described and published in 1847.
References
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Acanthaceae
Monotypic Acanthaceae genera
Endemic flora of Mexico
Flora of Northeastern Mexico
Flora of Veracruz
Plants described in 1847
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck