Wilbrandia

Wilbrandia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.

[1] It is also in Tribe Coniandreae.

It is native to Brazil, Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina.

[1] As accepted by Plants of the World Online:[1] The genus name of Wilbrandia is in honour of Johann Bernhard Wilbrand (1779–1846), a German anatomist and naturalist.

He was a proponent of Naturphilosophie.