Viviania

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

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Synonyms [1]
  • AraeoandraLefor
  • CaesareaCambess.
  • CissarobryonKunze ex Poepp.
  • LinostigmaKlotzsch
  • MacraeaLindl.
  • XeropetalonHook.

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Viviania". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 8 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.
  3. ↑ "Genus Viviania Cav". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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