Driessenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.[1]
| Driessenia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Driessenia Korth. |
Its native range is Western and Central Malesia.[1]
The genus name is in honour of Peter van Driessen (1753–1828), Dutch doctor, pharmacist, chemist and botanist.[2]
Species:[1]
- Driessenia aequiappendiculata C.Hansen
- Driessenia attenuata C.Hansen
- Driessenia axantha Korth.
- Driessenia ciliata Becc. ex Cogn.
- Driessenia dispar (Cogn.) C.Hansen
- Driessenia ferox Bakh.f.
- Driessenia glanduligera Stapf
- Driessenia grandithyrsa C.Hansen
- Driessenia hepaticoides C.Hansen
- Driessenia inaequalifolia Nayar
- Driessenia kemoelensis Nayar
- Driessenia microthrix Stapf
- Driessenia minutiflora O.Schwartz
- Driessenia ohwiana Nayar
- Driessenia phasmolacuna C.W.Lin
- Driessenia planopetiolata C.Hansen
- Driessenia sessiliflora C.Hansen
- Driessenia teysmannii Cogn. ex Boerl.
- Driessenia winkleri Cogn.
References edit
- ^ a b c "Driessenia Korth. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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