| Ibervillea | |
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| Ibervillea lindheimeri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Ibervillea Greene (1895) |
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Ibervillea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.[1]
Its native range is Arizona, Oklahoma New Mexico, Texas and south to Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.[1]
The genus name of Ibervillea is in honour of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661–1706), a soldier, ship captain, explorer, colonial administrator, knight of the Order of Saint-Louis, adventurer, privateer, trader, member of Compagnies Franches de la Marine and founder of the French colony of Louisiana in New France.[2] It was first described and published in Erythea Vol.3 on page 75 in 1895.[1]
Known species
According to Kew:[1]
- Ibervillea fusiformis (E.J.Lott) Kearns
- Ibervillea hypoleuca (Standl.) C.Jeffrey
- Ibervillea lindheimeri (A.Gray) Greene
- Ibervillea macdougalii (Rose) Lira, Dávila & Legaspi
- Ibervillea maxima Lira & Kearns
- Ibervillea millspaughii (Cogn.) C.Jeffrey
- Ibervillea sonorae (S.Watson) Greene
- Ibervillea tenuisecta (A.Gray) Small
References
- ^ a b c d "Ibervillea Greene | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ 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.
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