Viviania

Viviania is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Francoaceae.^[1]

Viviania
Viviania marifolia in Chile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Geraniales
Family:	Francoaceae
Genus:	Viviania Cav., 1804
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Araeoandra Lefor Caesarea Cambess. Cissarobryon Kunze ex Poepp. Linostigma Klotzsch Macraea Lindl. Xeropetalon Hook.

The genus is distributed across is Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay in southern South America.^[1]

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.^[2] It was first described and published in Anales Ci. Nat. Vol.7 on page 211 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.^[3]