Hectorella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiaceae.[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Hectorella caespitosa. It is native to New Zealand.[2]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Montiaceae |
Genus: | Hectorella Hook.f. |
Species: | H. caespitosa |
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Hectorella caespitosa Hook.f. | |
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The genus name of Hectorella is in honour of James Hector (1834–1907), a Scottish-New Zealand geologist, naturalist and surgeon.[3] The Latin specific epithet of caespitosa refers to caespitose meaning tufted or turf-like, from caespes or Cf. caespititius.[4] Hectorella caespitosa was first described and published in Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. Vol.1 on page 27 in 1864.[2]
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