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Helmontia is a genus of belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is from northern South America to northern Brazil. It is found in the countries of Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.
The genus name of Helmontia is in honour of Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580–1644), a chemist, physiologist, and physician from the Spanish Netherlands.Lotte Burkhardt (2026). 9783946292265, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. . ISBN 9783946292265 It was first described and published in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique Vol.14 on page 239 in 1875.
Known species, according to Kew:
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