Hedlundia

Translingual

Etymology

From Swedish Hedlund (surname, named after Swedish botanist Johan Teodor Hedlund because of his work on the genus Sorbus) +‎ -ia.

Coined by Russian botanist Aleksandr Sénnikov and by botanist Arto Kurtto in 2017.

Proper noun

Hedlundia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – certain European shrubs that originated from hybridization of plants from the genera Aria and Sorbus.

See also

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