Verhuellia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Piperales |
Family: | Piperaceae |
Genus: |
Verhuellia Miq. |
Synonyms | |
Mildea Griseb. |
Verhuellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Piperaceae. [1] Verhuellia is a sister genus to all other Piperaceae, but has its own subfamily of Verhuellioideae. [2]
It is native to Cuba and Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti). [1]
As accepted by Kew: [1]
The genus name of Verhuellia is in honour of Quirijn Maurits Rudolph Ver Huell (1787–1860), a Dutch rear admiral, illustrator and entomologist. [3] It was first described and published in Syst. Piperac. on page 47 in 1843. [1]