Herreria (plant)

Herreria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Herreria
Ruiz & Pav.[1]
Type species
Herreria stellata
Ruiz & Pav.
Synonyms[1]

Salsa Feuillée ex Ruiz & Pav.

Herreria is a genus of flowering plants native to South America.[1] In the APG III classification system, the genus is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae (formerly the family Agavaceae).[2][3]

  1. Herreria bonplandii Lecomte - Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
  2. Herreria cipoana Ravenna - Minas Gerais
  3. Herreria glaziovii Lecomte - Bolivia, Brazil
  4. Herreria grandiflora Griseb. - Rio de Janeiro
  5. Herreria latifolia Woodson - Minas Gerais, Bolivia
  6. Herreria montevidensis Klotzsch ex Griseb. in C.F.P.von Martius - Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia
  7. Herreria salsaparilha Mart. - Brazil
  8. Herreria stellata Ruiz & Pav. - Chile


References

  1. 1 2 3 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2011-05-26, search for "Herreria"
  2. Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x
  3. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
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