Biology:Galvezia
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Short description: Genus of plants
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| Galvezia lanceolata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Tribe: | Antirrhineae |
| Genus: | Galvezia Dombey ex Juss. |
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Galvezia is a genus of perennial plants which are native to western South America and the Galapagos Islands. The genus is currently placed in the family Plantaginaceae, having been formerly classified under Scrophulariaceae. It is named in honour of José de Gálvez, a colonial official in New Spain during the 1700s.[2]
Taxonomy
Species accepted by Kew include:[1]
- Galvezia elisensii M.O.Dillon & Quip. – Native to Peru.
- Galvezia fruticosa J.F. Gmel. – Native to Ecuador and Peru.
- Galvezia grandiflora (Benth.) Wettst. – Native to northwest Peru.
- Galvezia lanceolata Pennell – Native to Ecuador.
- Galvezia leucantha Wiggins – Native to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands.
Two North American species were formerly placed in Galvezia, but are now recognized as distinct and placed in the genus Gambelia:[3]
- Gambelia juncea (Benth.) D.A.Sutton [syn. Galvezia juncea (Benth.) Ball] – Native to the Baja California peninsula and Sonora, Mexico.
- Gambelia speciosa Nutt. [syn. Galvezia speciosa (Nutt.) A.Gray] – Native to the Channel Islands of California in California and Guadalupe Island, Mexico.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Galvezia" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/37660-1.
- ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
- ↑ Wetherwax, Margriet (2012). "Gambelia". Jepson Flora Project. https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=11360.
Further reading:
- Dillon, Michael O.; Silvestre, Victor Quipuscoa (2014). "SYNOPSIS OF GALVEZIA (PLANTAGINACEAE: ANTIRRHINEAE), INCLUDING A NEW CRYPTIC SPECIES FROM SOUTHERN PERU". Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8 (1): 47–55. ISSN 1934-5259. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26549334.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5519440 entry
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