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| Viviania marifolia in Chile | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Geraniales |
| Family: | Francoaceae |
| Genus: | Viviania Cav., 1804 |
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Viviania is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Francoaceae.
The genus is distributed across is Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay in southern South America.
Known species
As accepted by Kew;
- Viviania albiflora (Cambess.) Reiche
- Viviania crenata (Hook.) G.Don
- Viviania elegans (Poepp.) Reiche & Johow
- Viviania linostigma R.Knuth
- Viviania marifolia Cav.
- Viviania ovata Phil.
- Viviania tenuicaulis Barnéoud
The genus name of Viviania is in honour of Domenico Viviani (1772–1840), an Italian botanist and naturalist. It was first described and published in Anales Ci. Nat. Vol.7 on page 211 in 1804.
The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.
References
- ^ "Viviania". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- 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 Viviania Cav". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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