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Genus of flowering plants

Heterosavia
Heterosavia bahamensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Heterosavia
(Urb.) Petra Hoffm. (2008)
Synonyms

Savia sect. Heterosavia Urb.

Heterosavia is a genus of the family of Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 2008. It is native to the Caribbean and southern Florida. It is found in Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Jamaica, southwest Caribbean and Turks-Caicos Islands.

The genus was circumscribed by Ignaz Urban and Petra Hoffmann in Brittonia vol.60 on page 152 in 2008.

The genus name of Heterosavia is in honour of Gaetano Savi (1769–1844), who was an Italian naturalist, botanist and mycologist.

Species

As accepted by Plants of the World Online;

  1. Heterosavia bahamensis (Britton) Petra Hoffm. - Monroe County in Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Turks & Caicos, islands of southwest Caribbean
  2. Heterosavia erythroxyloides (Griseb.) Petra Hoffm. - Cuba, Hispaniola
  3. Heterosavia laurifolia (Griseb.) Petra Hoffm. - Cuba
  4. Heterosavia maculata (Urb.) Petra Hoffm. - Cuba

References

  1. ^ Tropicos, Heterosavia (Urb.) Petra Hoffm.
  2. Hoffmann, Petra (2008). "Revision of Heterosavia, stat. Nov., with notes on Gonatogyne and Savia (Phyllanthaceae)". Brittonia. 60 (2): 136–166. Bibcode:2008Britt..60..136H. doi:10.1007/s12228-008-9012-5.
  3. ^ "Heterosavia (Urb.) Petra Hoffm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  5. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
Taxon identifiers
Heterosavia
Savia sect. Heterosavia

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