Biology:Vellosiella
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Vellosiella Baill. |
Vellosiella is a genus of hemiparasitic (a parasite under natural conditions, but remains photosynthetic to at least some degree) flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.[1]
It is native to Guyana and Venezuela in northern South America and southern parts of Brazil.[1]
Known species
As accepted by Kew:[1]
- Vellosiella dracocephaloides (Vell.) Baill.
- Vellosiella spathacea (Oliv.) Melch.
- Vellosiella westermanii Dusén
The genus name of Vellosiella is in honour of José Mariano de Conceição Vellozo (1742–1811), a Colonial Brazilian botanist who catalogued many specimens.[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris Vol.1 n page 715 in 1888.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Vellosiella Baill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:289132-2.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q9092833 entry
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