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Halenia

Halenia \Halenia\ n. A genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas: spurred gentians.

Syn: genus Halenia.

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Halenia

Halenia (spurred gentian) is a genus of plant in family Gentianaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):

  • Halenia alleniana, Standl. ex Wilbur
  • Halenia aquilegiella, Standl.
  • Halenia brevicornis, (Kunth) G. Don
  • Halenia corniculata, (L.) Cornaz
  • Halenia crumiana, Wilbur
  • Halenia decumbens, C.K. Allen
  • Halenia deflexa, (Sm.) Griseb.
  • Halenia elliptica, D. Don
  • Halenia kalbreyeri, Gilg
  • Halenia longicaulis, J.S. Pringle
  • Halenia minima, C.K. Allen
  • Halenia palmeri, A. Gray
  • Halenia plantaginea, C.K. Allen
  • Halenia pringlei, B.L. Rob. & Seaton
  • Halenia pulchella, Gilg
  • Halenia recurva, C.K. Allen
  • Halenia rhyacophila, C.K. Allen
  • Halenia rusbyi, Gilg
  • Halenia schiedeana, Griseb.
  • Halenia serpyllifolia, J.S. Pringle
  • Halenia taruga-gasso, Gilg
  • Halenia viridis, Gilg
  • Halenia weddelliana, Gilg
Halenia (foram)

Halenia is a recent discorbacean foraminiferal genus. The test is free, a low trochspire with a rounded periphery; wall calcaeous, monolamellar. Chambers are subglobular, all visible on spiral side, only last volution visible on umbilical side; final chamber with an umbilical flap. Sutures are depressed, radial on umbilical side, curved to sinuate on spiral side, with sutural slits on both sides.

Halenia, named by Saunders, 1961, is known from the West Indies, Caribbean region.