Ravenia (plant)

Ravenia
Ravenia spectabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Zanthoxyloideae
Genus: Ravenia
Vell.

Ravenia is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae.[1]

The genus name of Ravenia is in honour of Jean François Ravin (18th century), a French doctor, professor of botany and medicine at the University of Coimbra in Portugal.[2]

Known species

According to the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, GRIN:[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Ravenia Vell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ GRIN Species Records of Ravenia. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
  4. ^ Ravenia. The Plant List.