Velleia
| Velleia | |
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| V. paradoxa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Velleia Sm. |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Velleia is a genus of herbs in the family Goodeniaceae. Of the 22 species, 21 are endemic to Australia, and one is endemic to New Guinea.[1][2] The genus named by James Edward Smith, after Thomas Velley.[3]
Species include:
- Velleia arguta R.Br.
- Velleia connata F.Muell.
- Velleia cycnopotamica F.Muell.
- Velleia daviesii F.Muell.
- Velleia discophora F.Muell.
- Velleia exigua (F.Muell.) Carolin
- Velleia foliosa (Benth.) K.Krause
- Velleia glabrata Carolin
- Velleia hispida W.Fitzg.
- Velleia lyrata R.Br.
- Velleia macrocalyx de Vriese
- Velleia macrophylla (Lindl.) Benth.
- Velleia montana Hook.f.
- Velleia panduriformis Benth.
- Velleia paradoxa R.Br.
- Velleia parvisepta Carolin
- Velleia perfoliata R.Br.
- Velleia pubescens R.Br.
- Velleia spathulata R.Br.
- Velleia trinervis Labill.
References
- ↑ "Velleia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
- ↑ Carolin, R.C. "Genus Velleia". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
- ↑ Margaret G. Corrick; Bruce Alexander Fuhrer (2009). Wildflowers of Southern Western Australia. Rosenberg Pub. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-877058-84-4.
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