Gravesia (plant)

Gravesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.[1]

Gravesia
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Gravesia
Naudin
Synonyms
  • Neopetalonema Brenan
  • Orthogoneuron Gilg
  • Petalonema Gilg
  • Phornothamnus Baker
  • Urotheca Gilg
  • Veprecella Naudin

Its native range is western central tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Congo, Gabon, Madagascar, Tanzania and Zaire.[1]

The genus name Gravesia is in honour of Louis Graves (1791–1857), French botanist, geologist and archaeologist and also director of waterways and forests in Oise in France.[2] It was first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., séries 3, Vol.15 on page 333 in 1851.[1]

Known species

According to Kew;[1]

  • Gravesia aberrans H.Perrier
  • Gravesia alata H.Perrier
  • Gravesia albinervia Jum.
  • Gravesia ambrensis H.Perrier
  • Gravesia angustifolia Cogn.
  • Gravesia angustisepala H.Perrier
  • Gravesia antongiliana H.Perrier
  • Gravesia apiculata (Cogn.) H.Perrier
  • Gravesia barbata H.Perrier
  • Gravesia baronii H.Perrier
  • Gravesia bertolonioides Naudin
  • Gravesia biauriculata H.Perrier
  • Gravesia biporosa H.Perrier
  • Gravesia bullosa (Cogn.) H.Perrier
  • Gravesia calliantha Jum.
  • Gravesia capitata H.Perrier
  • Gravesia cauliflora H.Perrier
  • Gravesia cistoides H.Perrier & H.Perrier
  • Gravesia crassicauda H.Perrier
  • Gravesia decaryana H.Perrier
  • Gravesia dichaetantheroides H.Perrier & H.Perrier
  • Gravesia dionychifolia H.Perrier
  • Gravesia distantinervia Jum.
  • Gravesia diversifolia H.Perrier
  • Gravesia ecalcarata H.Perrier
  • Gravesia elongata (Cogn.) H.Perrier
  • Gravesia erecta H.Perrier
  • Gravesia extenta Jum.
  • Gravesia fulva H.Perrier
  • Gravesia gabonensis Jacq.-Fél.
  • Gravesia glandulosa H.Perrier
  • Gravesia gunneroides H.Perrier
  • Gravesia guttata Triana
  • Gravesia hederoides H.Perrier
  • Gravesia heterophylla Aug.DC.
  • Gravesia hirtopetala H.Perrier
  • Gravesia hispida (Baker) H.Perrier
  • Gravesia humbertii H.Perrier
  • Gravesia humblotii Cogn.
  • Gravesia hylophila (Gilg) A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Gravesia ikongoensis H.Perrier
  • Gravesia inappendiculata H.Perrier
  • Gravesia jumellei H.Perrier
  • Gravesia lamiana H.Perrier
  • Gravesia lanceolata (Cogn.) H.Perrier
  • Gravesia laxiflora (Naudin) Drake
  • Gravesia lebrunii Jacq.-Fél.
  • Gravesia longifolia H.Perrier
  • Gravesia longipes H.Perrier
  • Gravesia lutea (Naudin) H.Perrier
  • Gravesia macrantha Jum.
  • Gravesia macrophylla (Naudin) Drake
  • Gravesia macropoda (Jum. & H.Perrier) H.Perrier
  • Gravesia macrosepala Jum.
  • Gravesia magnifolia H.Perrier
  • Gravesia malvacea Jum.
  • Gravesia mangorensis Jum.
  • Gravesia marojejyensis Humbert
  • Gravesia masoalensis Jum.
  • Gravesia medinilloides H.Perrier
  • Gravesia microphylla (Cogn.) Drake
  • Gravesia minutidentata H.Perrier & H.Perrier
  • Gravesia mirabilis H.Perrier
  • Gravesia nigrescens (Naudin) Drake
  • Gravesia nigro-ferruginea H.Perrier
  • Gravesia oblanceolata H.Perrier
  • Gravesia oblongifolia (Cogn.) H.Perrier
  • Gravesia parvifolia (A.DC.) H.Perrier
  • Gravesia parvula Almeda & H.Ranariv.
  • Gravesia pauciflora H.Perrier
  • Gravesia pedunculata Triana
  • Gravesia peltata H.Perrier
  • Gravesia pilosula (Cogn.) Drake
  • Gravesia porphyrovalvis Baker
  • Gravesia primuloides Cogn.
  • Gravesia pterocaulon H.Perrier
  • Gravesia pulchra (Gilg) Jacq.-Fél. ex Wickens
  • Gravesia pusilla Cogn.
  • Gravesia pustulosa H.Perrier
  • Gravesia ramosa Jum. & H.Perrier
  • Gravesia reticulata Cogn.
  • Gravesia retracticauda H.Perrier
  • Gravesia rienanensis H.Perrier
  • Gravesia riparia A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Gravesia rosea (Cogn.) H.Perrier
  • Gravesia rostrata H.Perrier & H.Perrier
  • Gravesia rotundifolia H.Perrier
  • Gravesia rubiginosa H.Perrier
  • Gravesia rubra (Jum. & H.Perrier) H.Perrier
  • Gravesia rubripes H.Perrier
  • Gravesia rupicola H.Perrier
  • Gravesia rutenbergiana Baill. ex Cogn.
  • Gravesia sambiranensis H.Perrier
  • Gravesia scandens H.Perrier
  • Gravesia scripta H.Perrier
  • Gravesia serpens H.Perrier
  • Gravesia serratifolia Almeda & H.Ranariv.
  • Gravesia setifera H.Perrier
  • Gravesia stipulata H.Perrier
  • Gravesia subglobosa H.Perrier
  • Gravesia submalvacea H.Perrier
  • Gravesia subsessilifolia H.Perrier
  • Gravesia succosa H.Perrier
  • Gravesia tanalensis H.Perrier
  • Gravesia tetramera H.Perrier
  • Gravesia tetraptera (Cogn.) H.Perrier
  • Gravesia thymoides (Baker) H.Perrier
  • Gravesia torrentium Jum.
  • Gravesia tricaudata H.Perrier
  • Gravesia variesetosa H.Perrier
  • Gravesia velutina Jum.
  • Gravesia venusta H.Perrier
  • Gravesia vestita (Baker) H.Perrier
  • Gravesia viguieri H.Perrier
  • Gravesia violacea (Jum. & H.Perrier) H.Perrier
  • Gravesia viscosa H.Perrier

References
  1. "Gravesia Naudin | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
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