Biology:Balbisia
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Geraniales |
| Family: | Francoaceae |
| Genus: | Balbisia Cav., 1804 |
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Balbisia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Francoaceae.[1] It is also in the Vivianiaceae subfamily.[2]
The genus is distributed across is Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru in southern South America.[1][2]
Known species
As accepted by Kew;
- Balbisia aphanifolia (Griseb.) Hunz. & Ariza
- (Griseb.) Hunz. & Ariza R.Knuth
- (Lindl.) D.Don Balbisia stitchkinii
- Balbisia meyeniana Ricardi
- Balbisia gracilis Klotzsch
- Cav. Balbisia microphylla
- Balbisia calycina (Meyen) Hunz. & Ariza
- (Phil.) Reiche Balbisia miniata
- Balbisia integrifolia (I.M.Johnst.) Descole, O'Donell & Lourteig
- Balbisia verticillata Balbisia peduncularis
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..[3] It was first described and published in Anales Ci. Nat. Vol.7 on page 62 in 1804.[1]
The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Balbisia Cav. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329554-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Weigend, M. (2011). "The genus Balbisia (Vivianiaceae, Geraniales) in Peru, Bolivia and northern Chile". Phytotaxa 22: 47. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.22.1.4.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ↑ "Genus Balbisia Cav.". https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=1245.
Wikidata ☰ Q16735729 entry
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