Raveniopsis
Genus of flowering plant
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Raveniopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae.[1]
| Raveniopsis | |
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| Raveniopsis ruellioides from Mount Roraima. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Subfamily: | Zanthoxyloideae |
| Genus: | Raveniopsis Gleason |
It is native to northern Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela.[1]
The genus name of Raveniopsis is in honour of Jean François Ravin (18th century), a French doctor, professor of botany and medicine at the University of Coimbra in Portugal.[2] It was first described in 1939.[1]
Known species
According to Kew:[1]
- Raveniopsis abyssicola R.S.Cowan
- Raveniopsis aracaensis Kallunki & Steyerm.
- Raveniopsis breweri Steyerm.
- Raveniopsis campinicola Kallunki
- Raveniopsis capitata R.S.Cowan
- Raveniopsis cowaniana Steyerm. & Luteyn
- Raveniopsis fraterna R.S.Cowan
- Raveniopsis jauaensis Steyerm.
- Raveniopsis linearis (Gleason) R.S.Cowan
- Raveniopsis microphyllus K.Wurdack
- Raveniopsis necopinata Kallunki
- Raveniopsis nubicola R.S.Cowan
- Raveniopsis paruana (R.S.Cowan) R.S.Cowan
- Raveniopsis peduncularis Pittier & Lasser
- Raveniopsis ruellioides (Oliv.) R.S.Cowan
- Raveniopsis sericea R.S.Cowan
- Raveniopsis stelligera (R.S.Cowan) R.S.Cowan
- Raveniopsis steyermarkii R.S.Cowan
- Raveniopsis tomentosa Gleason
- Raveniopsis trifoliolata R.S.Cowan