Verhuellia
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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Verhuellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Piperaceae.{{cite web |title=Verhuellia Miq. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:32071-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=14 March 2021 |language=en}} Verhuellia is a sister genus to all other Piperaceae, but has its own subfamily of Verhuellioideae.Samain et al. (2010) "Verhuellia is a segregate lineage in Piperaceae: more evidence from flower, fruit and pollen morphology, anatomy and development". Annals of Botany, 105.
It is native to Cuba and Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti).
Known species
- 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 rear admiral, illustrator and entomologist.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}}
It was first described and published in Syst. Piperac. on page 47 in 1843.
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Category:Plants described in 1843