Weddellina
# Weddellina

Weddellina is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae. It only contains one known species, Weddellina squamulosa.

It is native to Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela in Southern America.

There 2 accepted forms;

* Weddellina squamulosa f. squamulosa
* Weddellina squamulosa f. uaupensis (Benth.) P.Royen

The genus name of Weddellina is in honour of Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819–1877), an English physician and botanist, specialising in South American flora. The Latin specific epithet of squamulosa means having small scales, derived from Latin squamula (meaning “small scales”). Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., séries 3, Vol.11 on page 113 in 1849.

