Houstonĭa

Houstonĭa

Houstonĭa (H. L.), Pflanzengattung, benant nach dem amerikanischen Arzt Will. Houston (der lange auf den Antillen u. in Mexico lebte u. 1733 daselbst starb, u. dessen Pflanzensammlung Banks, Lond. 1781, Nürnb. 1794, herausgab), aus der Familie der Rubiaceae-Cinchonaceae-Hedyotideae-Hedyoteae, 4. Kl. 1. Ordn. L., gehört zu Hedyotis Lam.; Arten: H. coerulea, H. purpurea, in Virginien, Zierpflanzen.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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