Johanneshowellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygonaceae.[1][2][3]
| Johanneshowellia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Johanneshowellia Reveal |
Its native range is south-western USA. It is found in the states of California, Nevada and Utah.[1]
The genus name of Johanneshowellia is in honour of John Thomas Howell (1903–1994), an American botanist and taxonomist.[4] It was first described and published in Brittonia Vol.56 on page 299 in 2004.[1][3]
Known species, according to Kew:[1]
- Johanneshowellia crateriorum Reveal
- Johanneshowellia puberula (S.Watson) Reveal
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Johanneshowellia Reveal | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ Reveal, James L. "Eriogonoideae (Polygonaceae) of North America north of Mexico: Johanneshowellia". University of Maryland. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ a b Reveal, James L. (2004). "Johanneshowellia (Polygonaceae: Eriogonoideae), a new genus from the Intermountain West". Brittonia. 56 (4): 299–306. doi:10.1663/0007-196X(2004)056[0299:JPEANG]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0007-196X. JSTOR 3218353. S2CID 20181547.
- ^ 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.