Oserya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae.[1] Its native range is northern South America, and it is found in Bolivia, Brazil (north and west-central), French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.[1]

Oserya
Oserya Perpusilla
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Podostemaceae
Genus: Oserya
Tul. & Wedd.

The genus name of Oserya is in honour of Alexandre Victor Eugène Hulot d'Osery (1819–1846), a French geologist and engineer.[2]

Taxonomy

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It was first described and published in by Edmond Tulasne and Hugh Algernon Weddell in 1849.[1] In 2011, The genus Noveloa was split from Oserya, and was made up of two Central American species: Oserya coulteriana and Oserya longiflora.[3]

The following species are included in the genus according to Kew:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Oserya Tul. & Wedd. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ Tippery, Nicholas; Philbrick, C. Thomas; Bove, Claudia; Les, Donald (2011). "Systematics and Phylogeny of Neotropical Riverweeds (Podostemaceae: Podostemoideae)". Systematic Botany. 36 (1): 105–118. doi:10.1600/036364411X553180. S2CID 52203995.