Halacsya | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Genus: |
Halacsya Dörfl. |
Synonyms | |
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Halacsya is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. [1] It only contains one species, Halacsya sendtneri (Boiss.) Dörfl. [2]
It is native to the Balkan Peninsula and is found in Albania, Greece and the former Yugoslavia. [2]
It has one known subspecies; Halacsya sendtneri subsp. devollensis F.K.Mey. (from Albania). [2]
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. [2]
In 2020, the Republic of Kosovo issued a set of postage stamps with images of various flora including Halacsya sendtneri. [4]