The genus Barteria is in the family Passifloraceae in the major group angiosperms (flowering plants). It contains 8 described species, however, only 6 are accepted.[1]

Barteria
Illustration of Barteria nigritana from 1906 by Matilda Smith
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Subfamily: Passifloroideae
Tribe: Paropsieae
Genus: Barteria
Hook.f.
Synonyms
  • Buelowia Schumach.
  • Smeathmannia R.Br.

They are native to Tropical Africa and found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Island, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zaïre.[1]

Accepted species

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Taxonomy

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The genus name of Barteria is in honour of Charles Barter (1821 – 1859), was a Scottish gardener and botanist who trained at Kew Gardens in London from 1849 to 1851.[2] It was first described and published in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. Vol.5 on page 14 in 1860.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Barteria Hook.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  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.