Pedersenia
Genus of flowering plants
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Pedersenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.[1]
| Pedersenia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Pedersenia Holub |
| Synonyms | |
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Trommsdorffia Mart. | |
Its native range is mainland tropical America, from Honduras to Paraguay, and Puerto Rico and the Windward Islands.[1]
The genus name of Pedersenia is in honour of Troels Myndel Pedersen (1916–2000), a Danish-born Argentinian botanist with a large herbarium and also specialist in Amaranthaceae.[2] It was first described and published in Preslia Vol.70 on page 181 in 1998.[1]
Known species
According to Kew:[1]
- Pedersenia argentata (Mart.) Holub
- Pedersenia cardenasii (Standl.) Holub
- Pedersenia completa (Uline & W.L.Bray) Borsch
- Pedersenia costaricensis (Standl.) Holub
- Pedersenia hassleriana (Chodat) Pedersen
- Pedersenia macrophylla (R.E.Fr.) Holub
- Pedersenia volubilis Borsch, T.Ortuño & M.Nee
- Pedersenia weberbaueri (Suess.) Holub
