Halacsya is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.[2] It only contains one species, Halacsya sendtneri (Boiss.) Dörfl. [1]

Halacsya
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Halacsya
Dörfl. (1902)
Species:
H. sendtneri
Binomial name
Halacsya sendtneri
(Boiss.) Dörfl. (1902)
Subspecies[1]
  • Halacsya sendtneri subsp. devollensis F.K.Mey.
  • Halacsya sendtneri subsp. sendtneri
Synonyms
  • Zwackhia Sendtn. (1858), nom. illeg.
  • Mertensia sendtneri (Boiss.) Janka
  • Mertensia serbica Janka
  • Moltkia sendtneri Boiss. (1856)
  • Zwackhia aurea Sendtn.
  • Zwackhia sendtneri (Boiss.) K.Malý

It is native to the Balkan Peninsula and is found in Albania, Greece and the former Yugoslavia.[1]

It has one known subspecies; Halacsya sendtneri subsp. devollensis F.K.Mey. (from Albania).[1]

The genus name of Halacsya is in honour of Eugen von Halácsy (1842–1913), an Austrian physician and botanist of Hungarian descent.[3] The Latin specific epithet of sendtneri refers to Otto Sendtner, (1813–1859) a German botanist and phytogeographer. Halacsya sendtneri was first described and published in Exsicc. (Herb. Norm.) Vol.44 on page 103, n.º 4364 in 1902.[1]

Culture

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In 2020, the Republic of Kosovo issued a set of postage stamps with images of various flora including Halacsya sendtneri.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Halacsya sendtneri (Boiss.) Dörfl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Halacsya Dörfl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  3. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
  4. ^ "Stamp: Halacsya sendtneri (Kosovo 2020)". touchstamps.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.