Balbisia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Francoaceae.[1] It is also in the Vivianiaceae subfamily.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Geraniales |
| Family: | Francoaceae |
| Genus: | Balbisia Cav., 1804 |
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The genus is distributed across is Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru in southern South America.[1][2]
Known species
editAs accepted by Kew;
- Balbisia aphanifolia (Griseb.) Hunz. & Ariza
- Balbisia calycina (Griseb.) Hunz. & Ariza
- Balbisia gracilis (Meyen) Hunz. & Ariza
- Balbisia integrifolia R.Knuth
- Balbisia meyeniana Klotzsch
- Balbisia microphylla (Phil.) Reiche
- Balbisia miniata (I.M.Johnst.) Descole, O'Donell & Lourteig
- Balbisia peduncularis (Lindl.) D.Don
- Balbisia stitchkinii Ricardi
- Balbisia verticillata Cav.
The genus name of Balbisia is in honour of Giovanni Battista Balbis (1772–1840), an Italian botanist and politician who worked in Italy and France..[3] It was first described and published in Anales Ci. Nat. Vol.7 on page 62 in 1804.[1]
The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Balbisia Cav. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ a b Weigend, M. (2011). "The genus Balbisia (Vivianiaceae, Geraniales) in Peru, Bolivia and northern Chile". Phytotaxa. 22: 47. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.22.1.4.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Genus Balbisia Cav". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 8 January 2022.