Benthamiella
''Benthamiella'' is a genus of plants in the family Solanaceae, native to Patagonia in southern South America. Its species have been described as "attractive, small, cushion plants". Description All the species of ''Benthamiella'' are low-growing cushions or mats, with small overlapping leaves, and flowers with short or no stems, appearing within or just above the leaves. The flowers are typical of those of the Solanaceae (nightshade family), being tubular with five free lobes at the end. Most species have white or pale yellow flowers, although deeper yellows are found and '' Benthamiella nordenskioldii'' may have flowers tinged with violet. Taxonomy The genus was first described in 1883 by Carlo Luigi Spegazzini. The name commemorates George Bentham, whose great work (with Joseph Dalton Hooker), ''Genera Plantarum'', setting out the "Bentham & Hooker system", was completed in that year. Two species, '' Benthamiella azorella'' and '' Benthamiella spegazziniana'', were at one ti ...
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