Helmholtzia
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Helmholtzia glaberrima 2.jpg
|image_caption = Helmholtzia glaberrima
|taxon = Helmholtzia
|authority = F.Muell.
|synonyms_ref = [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40034233 Tropicos, Orthothylax (Hook. f.) Skottsb.]
|synonyms =
- Orthothylax (Hook.f.) Skottsb.
- Philydrum section Helmholtzia (F.Muell.) Baill.
- Philydrum section Orthothylax Hook. f.
}}
Helmholtzia is a small genus of flowering plants described in 1866.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/761920#page/211/mode/1up Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1866. Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ 5: 202-203] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40023064 Tropicos, Helmholtzia F. Muell.] It includes species native to Australia (New South Wales and Queensland), Indonesia (Maluku Province), and New Guinea.{{Cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=248696|title = World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew}}[http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Helmholtzia PlantNET: New South Wales Flora online: Helmholtzia]
The genus was named for Hermann von Helmholtz, a German physician and physicist, by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller.[http://www.anbg.gov.au/friends/archives/articles/articlesnov03.html Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens: Newsletter November 2003] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902101249/http://anbg.gov.au/friends/archives/articles/articlesnov03.html |date=2006-09-02 }} Burkhardt L. 2016: Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen. Index of Eponymic Plant Names. Index de Noms Eponymes des Genres Botaniques. Eine botanische • historische • biographische Recherche zu Widmungen in den Pflanzengattungen. – Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. {{ISBN|978-3-946292-10-4}}
- Helmholtzia acorifolia F.Muell. - NE Queensland
- Helmholtzia glaberrima (Hook.f.) Caruel - Mount Warning region in SE Queensland + NE New South Wales
- Helmholtzia novoguineensis (K.Krause) Skottsb. - New Guinea, Maluku