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Hohenbergia
Hohenbergia stellata inflorescence
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Hohenbergia

Schult. & Schult.f. 1830
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Hohenbergia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to the West Indies, the Yucatán Peninsula, and northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil).[1]

The genus name is for the Prince of Württemberg, German patron of botany known as Hohenberg.[2] This genus has two recognized subgenera: the type subgenus and Wittmackiopsis Mez.

Species

Cultivars

  • Hohenbergia 'Maria Valentina'

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ "Genera Etymology". Bromeliad Society International. Retrieved 6 February 2012.