Levieria
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Monimiaceae
Genus: Levieria
Becc.

Levieria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Monimiaceae.[1] They are dioecious trees or shrubs.[2]

It is native to Sulawesi, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea and Queensland (north-eastern Australia).[1]

The genus name of Levieria is in honour of Emilio Levier (1839–1911), a Swiss-born Italian botanist, mycologist and plant collector in Florence.[3] It was first described and published in Malesia Vol.1 on page 192 in 1877.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Levieria acuminata (F.Muell.) Perkins
  • Levieria beccariana Perkins
  • Levieria montana Becc.
  • Levieria nitens Perkins
  • Levieria orientalis Philipson
  • Levieria scandens Philipson
  • Levieria squarrosa Perkins

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Levieria Becc. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. W. R. Philipson (1980). "A revision of Levieria (Monimiaceae)". Blumea. 26: 373–385.
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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