Biology:Viviania

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Viviania
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Viviania marifolia in Chile
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Geraniales
Family: Francoaceae
Genus: Viviania
Cav., 1804
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Linostigma Araeoandra
  • Lefor Cambess.
  • Klotzsch Macraea
  • Cissarobryon Lindl.
  • Caesarea Kunze ex Poepp.
  • Hook. Xeropetalon

Viviania is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Francoaceae.[1]

The genus is distributed across is Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay in southern South America.[1]

Known species

As accepted by Kew;

The genus name of Viviania is in honour of Domenico Viviani (1772–1840), an Italian botanist and naturalist.[2] It was first described and published in Anales Ci. Nat. Vol.7 on page 211 in 1804.[1]

The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6164217 entry