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Pombalia

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Pombalia
Pombalia glabra
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Violaceae
Genus: Pombalia
Vand.
Synonyms

Solea Spreng.

Pombalia Vand. is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Violaceae.[1]

Its native range is the tropical and subtropical parts of Central and South America, Mexico and the American states of Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.[1] It has been introduced to Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, North Carolina (in the USA), KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Vietnam (in Asia).[1]

The genus name of Pombalia is in honour of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1699–1782), a Portuguese statesman and diplomat who effectively ruled the Portuguese Empire from 1750 to 1777 as chief minister to King Joseph I.[2] It was first described and published in Fasciculus Plantarum cum novis generibus et speciebus. Olisipone[3] (Fasc. Pl.) on page 7 in 1771.[1]

Known species

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According to Kew;[1][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Pombalia Vand. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  4. ^ Paula-Souza, Juliana; Ballard, Jr., Harvey Eugene (2014-10-15). "Re-establishment of the name Pombalia, and new combinations from the polyphyletic Hybanthus (Violaceae)". Phytotaxa. 183 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.183.1.1. ISSN 1179-3163.
  5. ^ Paula-Souza, J.; Lima, A. G.; Souza, V. C. (2021-04-07). "The Violets of the Brazilian Savanna: A Revision of the Pombalia Lanata Complex (Violaceae), with Descriptions of Two New Species". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 78: 1–32. doi:10.24823/EJB.2021.357. ISSN 1474-0036. S2CID 236758841.