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Genus of flowering plants

Vellozia
Vellozia aloifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Velloziaceae
Genus: Vellozia
Vand.
Type species
Vellozia candida
J.C. Mikan

Vellozia is a plant genus in the family Velloziaceae, established in 1788.

The genus is endemic to South America except for one species (V. tubiflora), whose range extends into Panama. Most of the species are native to Brazil, with a dense concentration of species in the State of Minas Gerais.

Species

References

  1. ^ Tropicos, Vellozia Vand.
  2. 1824 illustration from Nova genera et species plantarum. Munich, author Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von
  3. Vandelli, Domingo. 1788. Florae Lusitanicae et Brasiliensis Specimen 32
  4. Smith, Lyman Bradford. 1962. A synopsis of the American Velloziaceae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 35: 251-292, plates i-viii
  5. The Plant List, search for Vellozia
Taxon identifiers
Vellozia
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