Hectorella

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Montiaceae
Genus: Hectorella
Species: Hectorella caespitosa
Name

Hectorella Hook.f. Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 27 (1864)

monotypic taxon

References

Hooker, J.D. 1864. Handbook of the New Zealand Flora 27.
Applequist, W.L., Wagner, W.L., Zimmer, E.A. & Nepokroeff, M. 2006. Molecular evidence resolving the systematic position of Hectorella (Portulacaceae). Systematic Botany 31: 310–319. DOI: 10.1600/036364406777585900 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Hectorella. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 13 2017.
Philipson, W.R. & Skipworth, J.P. 1961. Hectorellaceae: a new family of dicotyledons. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Botany, 1(4): 32.
Skipworth, J.P. 1961. The taxonomic position of Hectorella caespitosa Hook. f. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Botany, 1(3): 17–30.

Hectorella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiaceae.[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Hectorella caespitosa. It is native to New Zealand.[2]

The genus name of Hectorella is in honour of James Hector (1834–1907), a Scottish-New Zealand geologist, naturalist and surgeon.[3] The Latin specific epithet of caespitosa refers to caespitose meaning tufted or turf-like, from caespes or Cf. caespititius.[4] Hectorella caespitosa was first described and published in Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. Vol.1 on page 27 in 1864.[2]
References

"Hectorella Hook.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
"Hectorella caespitosa Hook.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199102051.