Staavia
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| Staavia | |
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| Collectio plantarum tam exoticarum, quam indigenarum, cum delineatione, descriptione culturaque earum | |
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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]