Ruizterania

Ruizterania is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Vochysiaceae.[1]

Ruizterania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Vochysiaceae
Genus: Ruizterania
Marc.-Berti

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]

  • Ruizterania albiflora (Warm.) Marc.-Berti
  • Ruizterania belemnensis (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
  • Ruizterania cassiquiarensis (Spruce ex Warm.) Marc.-Berti
  • Ruizterania esmeraldae (Standl.) Marc.-Berti
  • Ruizterania ferruginea (Steyerm.) Marc.-Berti
  • Ruizterania gardneriana (Warm.) Marc.-Berti
  • Ruizterania nitida (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
  • Ruizterania obtusata (Briq.) Marc.-Berti
  • Ruizterania retusa (Spruce ex Warm.) Marc.-Berti
  • Ruizterania rigida (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
  • Ruizterania sacculata (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
  • Ruizterania trichanthera (Spruce ex Warm.) Marc.-Berti
  • Ruizterania urceolata (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
  • Ruizterania wittrockii (Malme) Marc.-Berti

References
  1. "Ruizterania Marc.-Berti | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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