Barbacenia

Barbacenia is a plant genus in the family Velloziaceae, described as a genus in 1788.[2][3] The entire genus is endemic to Brazil with the exception of B. celiae, which crosses the border into Venezuela.[4][5][6]

Species[7]

Barbacenia
Barbacenia umbrosa [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Velloziaceae
Genus: Barbacenia
Vand.
Synonyms
  • Campderia A.Rich., 1822
  • Pleurostima Raf., 1837
  • Visnea Steud. ex Endl., 1837
  • Aylthonia N.L.Menezes, 1971
  • Burlemarxia N.L.Menezes & Semir, 1991

References

  1. Flickr photo by João de Deus Medeiros
  2. Vandelli, Domingo. 1788. Florae Lusitanicae et Brasiliensis Specimen 21
  3. Tropicos, Barbacenia Vand.
  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. Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
  6. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  7. The Plant List, search for Barbacenia
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