Halacsya_sendtneri

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Halacsya

Genus of plants

Halacsya is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.[1] It only contains one species, Halacsya sendtneri (Boiss.) Dörfl. [2]

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It is native to the Balkan Peninsula and is found in Albania, Greece and the former Yugoslavia.[2]

It has one known subspecies; Halacsya sendtneri subsp. devollensis F.K.Mey. (from Albania).[2]

The genus name of Halacsya is in honour of Eugen von Halácsy (1842–1913), an Austrian physician and botanist of Hungarian descent.[3] The Latin specific epithet of sendtneri refers to Otto Sendtner, (1813–1859) a German botanist and phytogeographer. Halacsya sendtneri was first described and published in Exsicc. (Herb. Norm.) Vol.44 on page 103, n.º 4364 in 1902.[2]

Culture

In 2020, the Republic of Kosovo issued a set of postage stamps with images of various flora including Halacsya sendtneri.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Halacsya Dörfl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Halacsya sendtneri (Boiss.) Dörfl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. [3]
    Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
  4. [4]
    "Stamp: Halacsya sendtneri (Kosovo 2020)". touchstamps.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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