Staavia
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| Collectio plantarum tam exoticarum, quam indigenarum, cum delineatione, descriptione culturaque earum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Bruniales |
| Family: | Bruniaceae |
| Genus: | Staavia Dahl |
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Staavia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bruniaceae.[1]
It is native to the Cape Provinces in the South African Republic.[1]
The genus name of Staavia is in honour of Martin Staaf (1731–1788), a correspondent with Carl Linnaeus, in Gothenburg.[2] It was first described and published in Observ. Bot. on page 15 in 1787.[1]
Knowns species
[edit]According to Kew:[1]
- Staavia brownii Dümmer
- Staavia capitella (Thunb.) Sond.
- Staavia dodii Bolus
- Staavia glutinosa (P.J.Bergius) Dahl
- Staavia phylicoides Pillans
- Staavia pinifolia Willd.
- Staavia radiata (L.) Dahl
- Staavia staavioides (Sond.) A.V.Hall
- Staavia trichotoma (Thunb.) Pillans
- Staavia verticillata (L.f.) Pillans
- Staavia zeyheri Sond.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Staavia Dahl | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ 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.