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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. Recent DNA studies have shown the two subgenera are not monophyletic, and the species of subg. Wittmackiopsis have been transferred to the resurrected genus Wittmackia.

Species

Cultivars

  • Hohenbergia 'Maria Valentina'

References

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