Nanuza

Nanuza
Nanuza plicata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Velloziaceae
Genus: Nanuza
L.B.Sm. & Ayensu
Type species
Nanuza plicata
(Mart.) L.B.Sm. & Ayensu

Nanuza is a plant genus in the family Velloziaceae, described as a genus in 1976. The entire genus is endemic to Brazil.

Species

References

  1. ↑ Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von. 1823. Nova genera et species plantarum :quas in itinere per Brasiliam MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I., Bavariae regis augustissimi instituto 1: plate 9 color illustration, using basionym Vellozia plicata Mart.
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Vellozia plicata Mart.
  3. ↑ Smith, Lyman Bradford & Ayensu, Edward Solomon. 1976. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 30:38-39
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Nanuza L.B. Sm. & Ayensu
  5. ↑ Alves, Ruy José Válka (2002). "Two new species of Nanuza (Velloziaceae) from Brazil". Novon. 12: 12–17. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.744.
  6. ↑ The Plant List, search for Nanuza