Valantia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Euasterids I Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Rubieae
Genus: Valantia
Species: V. aprica – V. calva – V. columella – V. deltoidea – V. hispida – V. lainzii – V. muralis

Name

Valantia L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1051. 1753; Gen Pl., ed. 5: 471. 1754.

• Lectotype species: Valantia muralis L. (designated by N. L. Britton, Fl. Bermuda 366. 28 Feb 1918, approved by M. L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 193. Aug 1929)

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum, Tomus II: 1051.
• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 471.

Additional references

• Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195 in International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. BibDigital Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Valantia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Dec 17.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Valantia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2018 Dec 17.

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