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Genus of flowering plants

Howelliella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Howelliella
Rothm.
Species: H. ovata
Binomial name
Howelliella ovata
(Eastw.) Rothm.
Synonyms

Antirrhinum ovatum Eastw.

Howelliella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. It only contains one species, Howelliella ovata.

It is native to California.

The genus name of Howelliella is in honour of John Thomas Howell (1903ā€“1994), an American botanist and taxonomist, and the Latin specific epithet of ovata refers to ovate, from ovum meaning egg. Both genus and species were first described and published in 1954.

References

  1. "Howelliella Rothm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Howelliella ovata (Eastw.) Rothm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  3. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, Dā€“L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
  4. Coombes, Allen (2012). The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 57. ISBN 9781604691962.
  5. Rothmaler, Werner (1954). "Notes on Western Antirrhineae". Leaflets of Western Botany. 7: 115.
Taxon identifiers
Howelliella
Howelliella ovata
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