Biology:Salvertia

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Salvertia
Salverta densiflora Pohl110.png
Salverta densiflora
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Vochysiaceae
Genus: Salvertia
A.St.-Hil.
Species:
S. convallariodora
Binomial name
Salvertia convallariodora
A.St.-Hil.
Synonyms[1]

Salvertia thyrsiflora Pohl

Salvertia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Vochysiaceae. The only species is Salvertia convallariodora.[2]

It is native to Suriname, Brazil and Bolivia.[2]

The genus name of Salvertia is in honour of Augustin Amable Dutour de Salvert or Du Tour de Salvert Bellenave (1781–1838), a French botanist and writer, brother-in-law of the author of the genus, Augustin Saint-Hilaire.[3] The Latin specific epithet of convallariodora refers to smelling (-odora) like flowers of the plant genus Convallaria. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Vol.6 on page 266 in 1820.[2]

References

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