Hedstromia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Psychotrieae
Genus: Hedstromia
Species: H. latifolia
Name

Hedstromia A.C.Sm., Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 141: 146. (1936)

monotypic taxon

Note: None of the above have equivalent combinations in Psychotria.
References

Smith, A.C. 1936. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 141: 146–147.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Hedstromia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Feb. 5. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Hedstromia. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 5 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Hedstromia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Feb. 5.

Hedstromia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.[1] It only contains one species, Hedstromia latifolia A.C.Sm.[2]

It is native to Fiji.[2]

The genus name of Hedstromia honours John Maynard Hedstrom (1872–1951), a Fijian businessman and politician.[3] The Latin specific epithet of latifolia means broad-leaved, it is derived from latus meaning broad.[4] It was first described and published in Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. vol.141 on page 148 in 1936.[2]
References

"Hedstromia A.C.Sm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
"Hedstromia latifolia A.C.Sm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
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.
Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199102051.