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Ruizterania
Genus of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ruizterania is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Vochysiaceae.[1]
Its native range is southern Tropical America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.[1]
The genus name of Ruizterania is in honour of Luis Enrique Ruíz-Terán (1923–1979), a Venezuelan researcher and university professor of botany.[2] It was first described and published in Pittieria Vol.2 on page 6 in 1969.[1]
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Known species
According to Kew:[1]
- Ruizterania albiflora (Warm.) Marc.-Berti
- Ruizterania belemnensis (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
- Ruizterania cassiquiarensis (Spruce ex Warm.) Marc.-Berti
- Ruizterania esmeraldae (Standl.) Marc.-Berti
- Ruizterania ferruginea (Steyerm.) Marc.-Berti
- Ruizterania gardneriana (Warm.) Marc.-Berti
- Ruizterania nitida (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
- Ruizterania obtusata (Briq.) Marc.-Berti
- Ruizterania retusa (Spruce ex Warm.) Marc.-Berti
- Ruizterania rigida (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
- Ruizterania sacculata (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
- Ruizterania trichanthera (Spruce ex Warm.) Marc.-Berti
- Ruizterania urceolata (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
- Ruizterania wittrockii (Malme) Marc.-Berti
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References
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