Holmbergia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.

[1] The genus name of Holmbergia is in honour of Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg (1775–1862), an Argentine natural historian and novelist, as well as a leading figure in Argentine biology.

[3] The Latin specific epithet of tweediei refers to botanist John (James) Tweedie (1900-1989).

[4] The genus of Holmbergia was first described and published in Apuntes Hist.

[2] and the species, Holmbergia tweediei was first described and published in Physis (Buenos Aires) Vol.2 on page 178 in 1916.