Oserya
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of flowering plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Podostemaceae |
| Genus: | Oserya Tul. & Wedd. |
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]
Taxonomy
It was first described and published in by Edmond Tulasne and Hugh Algernon Weddell in 1849.[1] In 2011, The genus Noveloa was split from Oserya, and was made up of two Central American species: Oserya coulteriana and Oserya longiflora.[3]
The following species are included in the genus 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). https://powo.science.kew.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.
- ↑ Tippery, Nicholas; Philbrick, C. Thomas; Bove, Claudia; Les, Donald (2011). "Systematics and Phylogeny of Neotropical Riverweeds (Podostemaceae: Podostemoideae)". Systematic Botany 36 (1): 105–118. doi:10.1600/036364411X553180. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aspt/sb/2011/00000036/00000001/art00013?crawler=true.
Wikidata ☰ Q10342227 entry
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