Hectorella

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]

Hectorella caespitosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Montiaceae
Genus:	Hectorella Hook.f.
Species:	H. caespitosa
Binomial name
Hectorella caespitosa Hook.f.
Synonyms
Hectorella elongata Buchanan Lyallia caespitosa (Hook.f.) Nyananyo & Heywood

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]