Neodriessenia

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Neodriessenia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Neodriessenia
M.P.Nayar

Neodriessenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. [1]

It is native to Borneo. [1]

The genus name of Neodriessenia is in honour of Peter van Driessen (1753–1828), a Dutch doctor, pharmacist, chemist and botanist. He was also professor of medicine in Harderwijk and Groningen. [2] It was first described and published in Bull. Bot. Surv. India Vol.16 on page 21 in 1977. [1]

Known species

According to Kew: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Neodriessenia M.P.Nayar | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  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 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.