Oserya

Oserya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Podostemaceae
Genus:	Oserya; Tul. & Wedd.

Short description: Genus of flowering plant

Oserya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae.^[1]

Its native range is northern South America, and it is found in Bolivia, Brazil (north and west-central), French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.^[1]

The genus name of Oserya is in honour of Alexandre Victor Eugène Hulot d'Osery (1819–1846), a French geologist and engineer.^[2] It was first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., séries 3, Vol.11 on page 105 in 1849.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:^[1]

Oserya biceps Tul. & Wedd.
Oserya minima P.Royen
Oserya perpusilla (Went) P.Royen
Oserya pilgeri (Mildbr.) C.T.Philbrick & C.P.Bove
Oserya sphaerocarpa Tul.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "Oserya Tul. & Wedd. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:32237-1.
↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.