''Wilbrandia'' 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 *'' Lagen ...

. It is also in Tribe Coniandreae. It is native to Brazil,

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

and north-eastern Argentina.

Known species

As accepted by Plants of the World Online: The genus name of ''Wilbrandia'' is in honour of

Johann Bernhard Wilbrand Johann Bernhard Wilbrand (8 March 1779 in Clarholz – 6 May 1846 in Giessen) was a German anatomist and naturalist. He was a proponent of ''Naturphilosophie''. In 1806 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Würzburg, then ...

(1779–1846), a German anatomist and naturalist. He was a proponent of Naturphilosophie. It was first described and published in Enum. Subst. Braz. page 30 in 1836.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9095991 Cucurbitoideae Cucurbitaceae genera Plants described in 1836 Flora of Brazil Flora of Paraguay Flora of Northeast Argentina