Howelliella | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Plantaginaceae |
Genus: |
Howelliella Rothm. |
Species: | H. ovata
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Binomial name | |
Howelliella ovata (
Eastw.) Rothm.
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Synonyms | |
Antirrhinum ovatum Eastw. |
Howelliella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. [1] It only contains one species, Howelliella ovata. [2]
It is native to California. [2]
The genus name of Howelliella is in honour of John Thomas Howell (1903–1994), an American botanist and taxonomist, [3] and the Latin specific epithet of ovata refers to ovate, from ovum meaning egg. [4] Both genus and species were first described and published in 1954. [5]
Howelliella | |
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Scientific classification
![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Plantaginaceae |
Genus: |
Howelliella Rothm. |
Species: | H. ovata
|
Binomial name | |
Howelliella ovata (
Eastw.) Rothm.
| |
Synonyms | |
Antirrhinum ovatum Eastw. |
Howelliella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. [1] It only contains one species, Howelliella ovata. [2]
It is native to California. [2]
The genus name of Howelliella is in honour of John Thomas Howell (1903–1994), an American botanist and taxonomist, [3] and the Latin specific epithet of ovata refers to ovate, from ovum meaning egg. [4] Both genus and species were first described and published in 1954. [5]