Oserya

Oserya
Oserya perpusilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Podostemaceae
Genus: Oserya
Tul. & Wedd.

Oserya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae. Its native range is northern South America, and it is found in Bolivia, Brazil (north and west-central), French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.

The genus name of Oserya is in honour of Alexandre Victor Eugène Hulot d'Osery (1819–1846), a French geologist and engineer.

Taxonomy

It was first described and published in by Edmond Tulasne and Hugh Algernon Weddell in 1849. In 2011, The genus Noveloa was split from Oserya, and was made up of two Central American species: Oserya coulteriana and Oserya longiflora.

The following species are included in the genus according to Kew:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Oserya Tul. & Wedd. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Tippery, Nicholas; Philbrick, C. Thomas; Bove, Claudia; Les, Donald (2011). "Systematics and Phylogeny of Neotropical Riverweeds (Podostemaceae: Podostemoideae)". Systematic Botany. 36 (1): 105–118. doi:10.1600/036364411X553180. S2CID 52203995.