Balbisia

Balbisia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Francoaceae.^[1] It is also in the Vivianiaceae subfamily.^[2]

Balbisia
Balbisia miniata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Geraniales
Family:	Francoaceae
Genus:	Balbisia Cav., 1804
Species
See text
Synonyms
Cistocarpus Kunth Dematophyllum Griseb. Hyperum C.Presl Ledocarpon Desf. Ledocarpum DC. Wendtia Meyen Martiniera Guill.

The genus is distributed across is Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru in southern South America.^[1][2]

Known species

As accepted by Kew;

• Balbisia aphanifolia (Griseb.) Hunz. & Ariza
• Balbisia calycina (Griseb.) Hunz. & Ariza
• Balbisia gracilis (Meyen) Hunz. & Ariza
• Balbisia integrifolia R.Knuth
• Balbisia meyeniana Klotzsch
• Balbisia microphylla (Phil.) Reiche
• Balbisia miniata (I.M.Johnst.) Descole, O'Donell & Lourteig
• Balbisia peduncularis (Lindl.) D.Don
• Balbisia stitchkinii Ricardi
• Balbisia verticillata Cav.

The genus name of Balbisia is in honour of Giovanni Battista Balbis (1772–1840), an Italian botanist and politician who worked in Italy and France..^[3] It was first described and published in Anales Ci. Nat. Vol.7 on page 62 in 1804.^[1]

The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.^[4]