Verhuellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Piperaceae.[1] Verhuellia is a sister genus to all other Piperaceae, but has its own subfamily of Verhuellioideaea.[2]
It is native to Cuba and Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti).[1]
As accepted by Kew:[1]
The genus name of Verhuellia is in honour of Quirijn Maurits Rudolph Ver Huell (1787–1860), a Dutch rear admiral, illustrator and entomologist.[3] It was first described and published in Syst. Piperac. on page 47 in 1843.[1]
Verhuellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Piperaceae. Verhuellia is a sister genus to all other Piperaceae, but has its own subfamily of Verhuellioideaea.
It is native to Cuba and Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti).
