Gravesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.[1]
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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: | Gravesia Naudin |
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Its native range is western central tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Congo, Gabon, Madagascar, Tanzania and Zaire.[1]
The genus name Gravesia is in honour of Louis Graves (1791–1857), French botanist, geologist and archaeologist and also director of waterways and forests in Oise in France.[2] It was first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., séries 3, Vol.15 on page 333 in 1851.[1]
Known species edit
According to Kew;[1]
- Gravesia aberrans H.Perrier
- Gravesia alata H.Perrier
- Gravesia albinervia Jum.
- Gravesia ambrensis H.Perrier
- Gravesia angustifolia Cogn.
- Gravesia angustisepala H.Perrier
- Gravesia antongiliana H.Perrier
- Gravesia apiculata (Cogn.) H.Perrier
- Gravesia barbata H.Perrier
- Gravesia baronii H.Perrier
- Gravesia bertolonioides Naudin
- Gravesia biauriculata H.Perrier
- Gravesia biporosa H.Perrier
- Gravesia bullosa (Cogn.) H.Perrier
- Gravesia calliantha Jum.
- Gravesia capitata H.Perrier
- Gravesia cauliflora H.Perrier
- Gravesia cistoides H.Perrier & H.Perrier
- Gravesia crassicauda H.Perrier
- Gravesia decaryana H.Perrier
- Gravesia dichaetantheroides H.Perrier & H.Perrier
- Gravesia dionychifolia H.Perrier
- Gravesia distantinervia Jum.
- Gravesia diversifolia H.Perrier
- Gravesia ecalcarata H.Perrier
- Gravesia elongata (Cogn.) H.Perrier
- Gravesia erecta H.Perrier
- Gravesia extenta Jum.
- Gravesia fulva H.Perrier
- Gravesia gabonensis Jacq.-Fél.
- Gravesia glandulosa H.Perrier
- Gravesia gunneroides H.Perrier
- Gravesia guttata Triana
- Gravesia hederoides H.Perrier
- Gravesia heterophylla Aug.DC.
- Gravesia hirtopetala H.Perrier
- Gravesia hispida (Baker) H.Perrier
- Gravesia humbertii H.Perrier
- Gravesia humblotii Cogn.
- Gravesia hylophila (Gilg) A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Gravesia ikongoensis H.Perrier
- Gravesia inappendiculata H.Perrier
- Gravesia jumellei H.Perrier
- Gravesia lamiana H.Perrier
- Gravesia lanceolata (Cogn.) H.Perrier
- Gravesia laxiflora (Naudin) Drake
- Gravesia lebrunii Jacq.-Fél.
- Gravesia longifolia H.Perrier
- Gravesia longipes H.Perrier
- Gravesia lutea (Naudin) H.Perrier
- Gravesia macrantha Jum.
- Gravesia macrophylla (Naudin) Drake
- Gravesia macropoda (Jum. & H.Perrier) H.Perrier
- Gravesia macrosepala Jum.
- Gravesia magnifolia H.Perrier
- Gravesia malvacea Jum.
- Gravesia mangorensis Jum.
- Gravesia marojejyensis Humbert
- Gravesia masoalensis Jum.
- Gravesia medinilloides H.Perrier
- Gravesia microphylla (Cogn.) Drake
- Gravesia minutidentata H.Perrier & H.Perrier
- Gravesia mirabilis H.Perrier
- Gravesia nigrescens (Naudin) Drake
- Gravesia nigro-ferruginea H.Perrier
- Gravesia oblanceolata H.Perrier
- Gravesia oblongifolia (Cogn.) H.Perrier
- Gravesia parvifolia (A.DC.) H.Perrier
- Gravesia parvula Almeda & H.Ranariv.
- Gravesia pauciflora H.Perrier
- Gravesia pedunculata Triana
- Gravesia peltata H.Perrier
- Gravesia pilosula (Cogn.) Drake
- Gravesia porphyrovalvis Baker
- Gravesia primuloides Cogn.
- Gravesia pterocaulon H.Perrier
- Gravesia pulchra (Gilg) Jacq.-Fél. ex Wickens
- Gravesia pusilla Cogn.
- Gravesia pustulosa H.Perrier
- Gravesia ramosa Jum. & H.Perrier
- Gravesia reticulata Cogn.
- Gravesia retracticauda H.Perrier
- Gravesia rienanensis H.Perrier
- Gravesia riparia A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Gravesia rosea (Cogn.) H.Perrier
- Gravesia rostrata H.Perrier & H.Perrier
- Gravesia rotundifolia H.Perrier
- Gravesia rubiginosa H.Perrier
- Gravesia rubra (Jum. & H.Perrier) H.Perrier
- Gravesia rubripes H.Perrier
- Gravesia rupicola H.Perrier
- Gravesia rutenbergiana Baill. ex Cogn.
- Gravesia sambiranensis H.Perrier
- Gravesia scandens H.Perrier
- Gravesia scripta H.Perrier
- Gravesia serpens H.Perrier
- Gravesia serratifolia Almeda & H.Ranariv.
- Gravesia setifera H.Perrier
- Gravesia stipulata H.Perrier
- Gravesia subglobosa H.Perrier
- Gravesia submalvacea H.Perrier
- Gravesia subsessilifolia H.Perrier
- Gravesia succosa H.Perrier
- Gravesia tanalensis H.Perrier
- Gravesia tetramera H.Perrier
- Gravesia tetraptera (Cogn.) H.Perrier
- Gravesia thymoides (Baker) H.Perrier
- Gravesia torrentium Jum.
- Gravesia tricaudata H.Perrier
- Gravesia variesetosa H.Perrier
- Gravesia velutina Jum.
- Gravesia venusta H.Perrier
- Gravesia vestita (Baker) H.Perrier
- Gravesia viguieri H.Perrier
- Gravesia violacea (Jum. & H.Perrier) H.Perrier
- Gravesia viscosa H.Perrier
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Gravesia Naudin | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.