Ruizterania
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Vochysiaceae |
Genus: | Ruizterania |
Ruizterania is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Vochysiaceae.[1]
Its native range is southern Tropical America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.[1]
The genus name of Ruizterania is in honour of Luis Enrique Ruíz-Terán (1923–1979), a Venezuelan researcher and university professor of botany.[2] It was first described and published in Pittieria Vol.2 on page 6 in 1969.[1]
Known species[]
According to Kew:[1]
- (Warm.) Marc.-Berti
- (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
- (Spruce ex Warm.) Marc.-Berti
- (Standl.) Marc.-Berti
- (Steyerm.) Marc.-Berti
- (Warm.) Marc.-Berti
- (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
- (Briq.) Marc.-Berti
- (Spruce ex Warm.) Marc.-Berti
- (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
- (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
- (Spruce ex Warm.) Marc.-Berti
- (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
- (Malme) Marc.-Berti
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Ruizterania Marc.-Berti | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Vochysiaceae
- Myrtales genera
- Plants described in 1969
- Flora of northern South America
- Flora of western South America
- Flora of Brazil