Levieria
| Levieria | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Monimiaceae |
| Genus: | Levieria Becc. |
Levieria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Monimiaceae.[1] They are dioecious trees or shrubs.[2]
It is native to Sulawesi, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea and Queensland (north-eastern Australia).[1]
The genus name of Levieria is in honour of Emilio Levier (1839–1911), a Swiss-born Italian botanist, mycologist and plant collector in Florence.[3] It was first described and published in Malesia Vol.1 on page 192 in 1877.[1]
Known species
[edit]According to Kew:[1]
- Levieria acuminata (F.Muell.) Perkins – eastern New Guinea and northeastern Queensland
- Levieria beccariana Perkins – eastern New Guinea
- Levieria montana Becc. – Sulawesi, Maluku Islands, and New Guinea
- Levieria nitens Perkins – New Guinea
- Levieria orientalis Philipson – eastern New Guinea
- Levieria scandens Philipson – eastern New Guinea
- Levieria squarrosa Perkins – New Guinea
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Levieria Becc. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ↑ W. R. Philipson (1980). "A revision of Levieria (Monimiaceae)". Blumea. 26: 373–385.
- ↑ 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.