Barteria

<i>Barteria</i>

Barteria

Genus of flowering plants

The genus Barteria is in the family Passifloraceae in the major group angiosperms (flowering plants). It contains 8 described species, however, only 6 are accepted.[1]

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They are native to Tropical Africa and found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Island, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zaïre.[1]

Accepted species

  • Barteria dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand
  • Barteria fistulosa Mast.
  • Barteria laevigata (Sol. ex R.Br.) Byng & Christenh.
  • Barteria nigritana Hook.f.
  • Barteria pubescens (Sol. ex R.Br.) Byng & Christenh.
  • Barteria solida Breteler

Taxonomy

The genus name of Barteria is in honour of Charles Barter (1821 – 1859), was a Scottish gardener and botanist who trained at Kew Gardens in London from 1849 to 1851.[2] It was first described and published in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. Vol.5 on page 14 in 1860.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Barteria Hook.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  2. [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.
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