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Helmontia

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Helmontia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.[1]

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Its native range is from northern South America to northern Brazil. It is found in the countries of Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.[1]

The genus name of Helmontia is in honour of Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580–1644), a chemist, physiologist, and physician from the Spanish Netherlands.[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique Vol.14 on page 239 in 1875.[1]

Known species, according to Kew:[1]

  • Helmontia cardiophylla Harms
  • Helmontia leptantha (Schltdl.) Cogn.
  • Helmontia trujilloi C.Jeffrey
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