Oserya

Short description: Genus of flowering plant

Oserya

Scientific classification
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] 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. ↑ 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.
2. ↑ 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.

See also Wikidata entry Q10342227.

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