Balbisia

Balbisia
Balbisia miniata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Geraniales
Family: Francoaceae
Genus: Balbisia
Cav., 1804
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Cistocarpus Kunth
  • Dematophyllum Griseb.
  • Hyperum C.Presl
  • Ledocarpon Desf.
  • Ledocarpum DC.
  • Wendtia Meyen
  • Martiniera Guill.

Balbisia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Francoaceae. It is also in the Vivianiaceae subfamily.

The genus is distributed across is Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru in southern South America.

Known species

As accepted by Kew;

The genus name of Balbisia is in honour of Giovanni Battista Balbis (1772–1840), an Italian botanist and politician who worked in Italy and France.. It was first described and published in Anales Ci. Nat. Vol.7 on page 62 in 1804.

The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Balbisia Cav. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 Weigend, M. (2011). "The genus Balbisia (Vivianiaceae, Geraniales) in Peru, Bolivia and northern Chile". Phytotaxa. 22: 47. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.22.1.4.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Genus Balbisia Cav". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 8 January 2022.