| Hawkesiophyton | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Hawkesiophyton Hunz. |
Hawkesiophyton is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. It is also in Solanoideae subfamily, Tribe Solandreae Miers and also Subtribe Juanulloinae.
Its native range is southern Tropical America. It is found in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Panamá, Peru and Venezuela.
The genus name of Hawkesiophyton is in honour of Jack Hawkes (1915–2007), a British botanist, Mason Professor of Botany at the University of Birmingham. It was first described and published in Kurtziana Vol.10 on page 39 in 1977.
Known species, according to Kew:
- Hawkesiophyton ochraceum (Cuatrec.) A.Orejuela & C.I.Orozco
- Hawkesiophyton ulei (Dammer) Hunz.
References
- ^ "Hawkesiophyton Hunz. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- Orejuela, Andrés; Wahlert, Gregory A.; Inés, Clara; Barboza, Gloria Estela; Bohs, Lynn (April 2017). "Phylogeny of the tribes Juanulloeae and Solandreae (Solanaceae)". Taxon. 66 (2): 379–392. doi:10.12705/662.6. hdl:11336/45981.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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