Barteria

Barteria
Illustration of Barteria nigritana from 1906 by Matilda Smith
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Passifloraceae
Subfamily:	Passifloroideae
Tribe:	Paropsieae
Genus:	Barteria Hook.f.
Synonyms
BuelowiaSchumach. SmeathmanniaR.Br.

The genus Barteria is in the family Passifloraceae in the major group angiosperms (flowering plants). It contains 8 described species, however, only 6 are accepted. ^[1]

They are native to Tropical Africa and found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Island, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zaïre. ^[1]

Accepted species

• Barteria dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand
• Barteria fistulosa Mast.
• Barteria laevigata (Sol. ex R.Br.) Byng & Christenh.
• Barteria nigritana Hook.f.
• Barteria pubescens (Sol. ex R.Br.) Byng & Christenh.
• Barteria solida Breteler

Taxonomy

The genus name of Barteria is in honour of Charles Barter (1821 – 1859), was a Scottish gardener and botanist who trained at Kew Gardens in London from 1849 to 1851. ^[2] It was first described and published in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. Vol.5 on page 14 in 1860. ^[1]

References

1. "Barteria Hook.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID   187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.