Viviania is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Francoaceae.[1]

Viviania
Viviania marifolia in Chile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Geraniales
Family: Francoaceae
Genus: Viviania
Cav., 1804
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Araeoandra Lefor
  • Caesarea Cambess.
  • Cissarobryon Kunze ex Poepp.
  • Linostigma Klotzsch
  • Macraea Lindl.
  • Xeropetalon Hook.

The genus is distributed across is Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay in southern South America.[1]

Known species

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As accepted by Kew;

The genus name of Viviania is in honour of Domenico Viviani (1772–1840), an Italian botanist and naturalist.[2] It was first described and published in Anales Ci. Nat. Vol.7 on page 211 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.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Viviania". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 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.
  3. ^ "Genus Viviania Cav". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 8 January 2022.