Viridivia
| Viridivia | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Passifloraceae |
| Subfamily: | Passifloroideae |
| Tribe: | Paropsieae |
| Genus: | Viridivia J.H.Hemsl. & Verdc. |
| Species: | V. suberosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Viridivia suberosa J.H.Hemsl. & Verdc.
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Viridivia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Passifloraceae. It only contain one known species, Viridivia suberosa.[1] It is also in the subfamily Passifloroideae and tribe Paropsieae.[2][3] It is native to Zambia and Tanzania.[1] It grows within woodland on rocky outcrops.[4]
Description
Taxonomy
In Zambia, it is commonly known as 'mulyansefu'.[4] The genus name of Viridivia is in honour of Percy James Greenway (1897–1980), South African botanist at the agricultural research station and herbarium in Nairobi, Kenya.[5] Note, the Latin for Green is viridis.[6] The Neo-Latin specific epithet of suberosa means cork-like. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. Vol.36 on table 3555 in 1956.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Viridivia J.H.Hemsl. & Verdc. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ↑ De Vos, J. M.; Breteler, F. J. (2009). "A REVISION OF THE AFRICAN GENERA PAROPSIOPSIS AND SMEATHMANNIA (PASSIFLORACEAE – PAROPSIEAE), INCLUDING A NEW SPECIES OF PAROPSIOPSIS FROM CAMEROON" (PDF). Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 66 (1): 27–49. doi:10.1017/S0960428609005174.
- ↑ Armen Takhtajan Flowering Plants (2009), p. 228, at Google Books
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Flora of Zambia: Species information: Viridivia suberosa". www.zambiaflora.com. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ↑ 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.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "viridis". Wiktionary. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
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