Henonia

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Henonia
Henonia scoparia.jpg
Henonia scoparia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Henonia
Moq.

Henonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.[1] It only contains one species, Henonia scoparia Moq.[2]

It is native to Madagascar.[2]

The genus name of Henonia is in honour of Jacques-Louis Hénon (1802–1872), a French republican politician.[3] The Latin specific epithet of scoparia refers to broom, from scopae.[4] It was first described and published in (A.P.de Candolle), Prodr. Vol.13 (Issue 2) on page 237 in 1849.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Henonia Moq. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Henonia scoparia Moq". Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  3. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
  4. ^ Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199102051.
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