Verhuellia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Magnoliids
Ordo: Piperales

Familia: Piperaceae
Subfamilia: Verhuellioideae
Genus: Verhuellia
Species: V. hydrocotylifolia – V. lunaria – V. pellucida
Name

Verhuellia Miq. Syst. Piperac. 45, 47. (1843)
References

Miquel, F.A.W. 1843. Systema Piperacearum 45, 47
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Verhuellia. Published online. Accessed: July 12 2016.
Samain, M.-S., Mathieu, G., Wanke, S., Neinhuis, C. & Goetghebeur, P. 2008. Verhuellia revisited - unravelling its intricate taxonomic history and a new subfamilial classification of Piperaceae. Taxon 57: 585–587. Full text (PDF). Reference page.
Samain, M.-S., Vrijdaghs, A., Hesse, M., Goetghebeur, P., Rodríguez, F.J., Stoll, A., Neinhuis, C. & Wanke, S. 2010. Verhuellia is a segregate lineage in Piperaceae: More evidence from flower, fruit and pollen morphology, anatomy, and development. Annals of Botany 105(1): 677–688. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq031 PDF. Reference page.

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 Verhuellioideaea.[2]

It is native to Cuba and Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti).[1]
Known species

As accepted by Kew:[1]

Verhuellia hydrocotylifolia (Griseb.) C.DC. ex C.Wright
Verhuellia lunaria (Ham.) C.DC.
Verhuellia pellucida F.Schmitz

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]
References

"Verhuellia Miq. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
Samain et al. (2010) "Verhuellia is a segregate lineage in Piperaceae: more evidence from flower, fruit and pollen morphology, anatomy and development". Annals of Botany, 105.
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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.