| Johanneshowellia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Johanneshowellia Reveal |
Johanneshowellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygonaceae.
Its native range is south-western USA. It is found in the states of California, Nevada and Utah.
The genus name of Johanneshowellia is in honour of John Thomas Howell (1903–1994), an American botanist and taxonomist. It was first described and published in Brittonia Vol.56 on page 299 in 2004.
Known species, according to Kew:
- Johanneshowellia crateriorum Reveal
- Johanneshowellia puberula (S.Watson) Reveal
References
- ^ "Johanneshowellia Reveal | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- Reveal, James L. "Eriogonoideae (Polygonaceae) of North America north of Mexico: Johanneshowellia". University of Maryland. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ Reveal, James L. (2004). "Johanneshowellia (Polygonaceae: Eriogonoideae), a new genus from the Intermountain West". Brittonia. 56 (4): 299–306. doi:10.1663/0007-196X(2004)056[0299:JPEANG]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0007-196X. JSTOR 3218353. S2CID 20181547.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.