Vellosiella is a genus of hemiparasitic (a parasite under natural conditions, but remains photosynthetic to at least some degree) flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.[1]

Vellosiella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Vellosiella
Baill.

It is native to Guyana and Venezuela in northern South America and southern parts of Brazil.[1]

Known species

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As accepted by Kew:[1]

The genus name of Vellosiella is in honour of José Mariano de Conceição Vellozo (1742–1811), a Colonial Brazilian botanist who catalogued many specimens.[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris Vol.1 n page 715 in 1888.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Vellosiella Baill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  2. ^ 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.