Levieria

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Levieria
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Monimiaceae
Genus: Levieria
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Levieria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Monimiaceae. [1] They are dioecious trees or shrubs. [2]

It is native to Sulawesi, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea and Queensland (north-eastern Australia). [1]

The genus name of Levieria is in honour of Emilio Levier (1839–1911), a Swiss-born Italian botanist, mycologist and plant collector in Florence. [3] It was first described and published in Malesia Vol.1 on page 192 in 1877. [1]

Known species

According to Kew: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Levieria Becc. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. W. R. Philipson (1980). "A revision of Levieria (Monimiaceae)". Blumea. 26: 373–385.
  3. 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.