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| Metteniusa | |
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| Metteniusa tessmanniana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Metteniusales |
| Family: | Metteniusaceae |
| Genus: | Metteniusa H.Karst. |
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Metteniusa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae.[2] It was named by Hermann Karsten in 1860 for the German botanist Georg Heinrich Mettenius.[3] It has seven species.[4] The type species is Metteniusa edulis.[5]. "Metteniusaceae" was proposed by Adalbert Schnizlein and validated by Hermann Karsten in 1860.[6]. The family is now placed in its own order, Metteniusales[2].
References
[edit]- ^ "Metteniusa H.Karst". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- ^ a b Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1111/boj.12385.
- ^ Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names volume III, page 1672. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington, DC; USA. London, UK.
- ^ Gustavo Lozano-Contreras and Nubia B. de Lozano. 1994. "Una Nueva Especie de Metteniusa Karsten (Metteniusaceae) de Colombia". Novon 4(3):266-270.
- ^ Gustavo Lozano-Contreras and Nubia B. de Lozano. 1988. "Metteniusaceae" Monograph 11 In: Polidoro Pinto and Gustavo Lozano-Contreras (editors). Flora de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
- ^ James L. Reveal. 2008 onward. "A Checklist of Family and Suprafamilial Names for Extant Vascular Plants." At: Home page of James L. Reveal and C. Rose Broome. (see External links below).
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