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
Onagraceae
The Onagraceae are a family of flowering plants known as the willowherb family or evening primrose family. They include about 650 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees
Its native range is Western Canada (in the states of
Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
,
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
and
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...
) to Western USA (in the states of California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming).
The genus name of ''Neoholmgrenia'' is in honour of
Patricia Kern Holmgren
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Patricia Holmgren (née Kern) is an American botanist. Holmgren's main botanical interests are the flora of the U.S. intermountain west and the genera '' Tiarella'' and ''Thlaspi''. Holmgren was the director of the herbarium at the New ...
(b. 1940) an American botanist. Holmgren's main botanical interests are the flora of the U.S. intermountain west. It also honour's her husband Noel Herman Holmgren (b. 1937) another botanist, and Patricia's father-in-law, Arthur Herman Holmgren (1912–1992) another botanist. It was first described and published in Novon Vol.19 on page 131 in 2009.
Known species
According to Kew:
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Neoholmgrenia andina
''Neoholmgrenia andina'' is a species of evening primrose known by the common name Blackfoot River evening primrose. It is native to western North America, including southern Canada and much of the western United States, where it is a plant of mo ...