Hunzikeria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Solanaceae
Subfamilia: Petunioideae
Genus: Hunzikeria
Species: H. coulteri – H. steyermarkiana – H. texana
Name

Hunzikeria D'Arcy, Phytologia 34: 283. (1976)

Type species: Hunzikeria texana (Torr.) D'Arcy, Phytologia 34: 283. (1976)

References

D'Arcy, W.G. 1976. Phytologia; Designed to Expedite Botanical Publication 34: 283.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Hunzikeria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Hunzikeria. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 29 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Hunzikeria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Oct. 2020.

Hunzikeria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.[1]

Its native range is Mexico and Venezuela.[1]

The genus name of Hunzikeria is in honour of Armando Theodoro Hunziker (1919–2001), an Argentine botanist. He had specialized in the study of systems biology of the family Solanaceae.[2] It was first described and published by William Gerald D'Arcy in Phytologia Vol.34 on page 283 in 1976.[1]

Known species, according to Kew:[1]

Hunzikeria coulteri (A.Gray) D'Arcy
Hunzikeria steyermarkiana D'Arcy
Hunzikeria texana (Torr.) D'Arcy

References

"Hunzikeria D'Arcy | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 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.