| Vellosiella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Vellosiella Baill. |
Vellosiella is a genus of hemiparasitic (a parasite under natural conditions, but remains photosynthetic to at least some degree) flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. [1]
It is native to Guyana and Venezuela in northern South America and southern parts of Brazil. [1]
As accepted by Kew: [1]
The genus name of Vellosiella is in honour of José Mariano de Conceição Vellozo (1742–1811), a Colonial Brazilian botanist who catalogued many specimens. [2] It was first described and published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris Vol.1 n page 715 in 1888. [1]
Argomuellera is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1894. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoros Islands.
George Don was a Scottish botanist and plant collector.
José Mariano de Conceição Vellozo (1742–1811) was a Colonial Brazilian botanist who catalogued specimens, for example: Cedrela fissilis Vell. in Florae Fluminensis. He was born in Tiradentes, formerly called São José do Rio das Mortes, state of Minas Gerais; and died in Rio de Janeiro, state of Rio de Janeiro. While at the University of Coimbra in Portugal in the 1790s he worked with Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada in translating works on mineralogy and agriculture. The standard author abbreviation Vell. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
Turraea is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, native throughout of Old World Tropics. In the countries of Angola, Australia Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, China (south-east), Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Guinea, Nigeria, Philippines, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe.
Sacleuxia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It is also in the Periplocoideae sufamily.
Maxwellia lepidota is a species of shrubs or trees in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the monotypic genus Maxwellia. Its closest relatives are all Australian genera in tribe Lasiopetaleae: Guichenotia, Hannafordia, Lysiosepalum, Lasiopetalum and Thomasia.
Froriepia are a genus of flowering plants in the umbellifer family Apiaceae, native to the Caucasus region, including Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran. They prefer to live in scrubby areas, in meadows, and on forest edges.
Tisonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Salicaceae. It is also in the subfamily Salicoideae and tribe Saliceae.
Rennellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.
Aguiaria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.
Harmandia mekongensis is a species of flowering plants. It is the only species in the monotypic genus of Harmandia. In the APG IV system, the genus is placed in the family Olacaceae. Other sources place it in the segregate family Aptandraceae.
Dutaillyea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae.
Helmiopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.
Grevea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiniaceae.
Mappianthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Icacinaceae.
Sandemania is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. The only known species is Sandemania hoehnei.
Grazielanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Monimiaceae. The only species is Grazielanthus arkeocarpus.
Humbertioturraea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae.
Prockiopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Achariaceae.
Martinella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae. It is a genus of Neotropical lianas within the tribe Bignonieae.