Nanuza

Nanuza
Nanuza plicata[1][2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Velloziaceae
Genus: Nanuza
L.B.Sm. & Ayensu
Type species
Nanuza plicata
(Mart.) L.B.Sm. & Ayensu

Nanuza is a plant genus in the family Velloziaceae, described as a genus in 1976.[3][4] The entire genus is endemic to Brazil.[5]

Species[6]
  1. Nanuza almeidae R.J.V.Alves - Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
  2. Nanuza luetzelburgii R.J.V.Alves - Pernambuco, Piauí
  3. Nanuza plicata (Mart.) L.B.Sm. & Ayensu - Espírito Santo, Bahia, Minas Gerais

References

  1. ↑ Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von. 1823. Nova genera et species plantarum :quas in itinere per Brasiliam MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I., Bavariae regis augustissimi instituto 1: plate 9 color illustration, using basionym Vellozia plicata Mart.
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Vellozia plicata Mart.
  3. ↑ Smith, Lyman Bradford & Ayensu, Edward Solomon. 1976. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 30: 38
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Nanuza L.B. Sm. & Ayensu
  5. ↑ Alves, José Luiz de Hamburgo. 2002. Two new species of Nanuza (Velloziaceae) from Brazil. Novon 12:12-17
  6. ↑ The Plant List, search for Nanuza


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