''Verhuellia'' is a genus of

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s belonging to the family

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. ''Verhuellia'' is a sister genus to all other Piperaceae, but has its own subfamily of ''Verhuellioideaea''. It is native to

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and

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(the Dominican Republic and Haiti).

Known species

As accepted by Kew: * '' Verhuellia hydrocotylifolia'' (Griseb.) C.DC. ex C.Wright * '' Verhuellia lunaria'' (Ham.) C.DC. * '' Verhuellia pellucida'' F.Schmitz The genus name of ''Verhuellia'' is in honour of Quirijn Maurits Rudolph Ver Huell (1787–1860), a Dutch

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, illustrator and

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. It was first described and published in Syst. Piperac. on page 47 in 1843.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15933122 Piperaceae Piperales genera Plants described in 1843 Flora of Cuba Flora of the Dominican Republic Flora of Haiti