Heterosavia

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Heterosavia
Heterosavia bahamensis (Savia bahamensis) - Naples Botanical Garden - Naples, Florida - DSC00052.jpg
Heterosavia bahamensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Heterosavia
(Urb.) Petra Hoffm. (2008)
Synonyms [1]

Savia sect. HeterosaviaUrb.

Heterosavia is a genus of the family of Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 2008. [2] [1] It is native to the Caribbean and southern Florida. It is found in Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Jamaica, southwest Caribbean and Turks-Caicos Islands. [3]

The genus was circumscribed by Ignaz Urban and Petra Hoffmann in Brittonia vol.60 on page 152 in 2008. [3]

The genus name of Heterosavia is in honour of Gaetano Savi (1769–1844), who was an Italian naturalist, botanist and mycologist. [4]

Species

As accepted by Plants of the World Online; [3]

  1. Heterosavia bahamensis (Britton) Petra Hoffm. - Monroe County in Florida, [5] Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Turks & Caicos, islands of southwest Caribbean
  2. Heterosavia erythroxyloides (Griseb.) Petra Hoffm. - Cuba, Hispaniola
  3. Heterosavia laurifolia (Griseb.) Petra Hoffm. - Cuba
  4. Heterosavia maculata (Urb.) Petra Hoffm. - Cuba

References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos, Heterosavia (Urb.) Petra Hoffm.
  2. ↑ Hoffmann, Petra (2008). "Revision of Heterosavia, stat. Nov., with notes on Gonatogyne and Savia (Phyllanthaceae)" . Brittonia. 60 (2): 136–166. Bibcode:2008Britt..60..136H. doi:10.1007/s12228-008-9012-5.
  3. 1 2 3 "Heterosavia (Urb.) Petra Hoffm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID   246307410 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  5. ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
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