Driessenia Explained

Driessenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.^[1]

Its native range is Western and Central Malesia.

The genus name is in honour of Peter van Driessen (1753–1828), Dutch doctor, pharmacist, chemist and botanist.^[2]

Species:

• Driessenia aequiappendiculata
• Driessenia attenuata
• Driessenia axantha
• Driessenia ciliata
• Driessenia dispar
• Driessenia ferox
• Driessenia glanduligera
• Driessenia grandithyrsa
• Driessenia hepaticoides
• Driessenia inaequalifolia
• Driessenia kemoelensis
• Driessenia microthrix
• Driessenia minutiflora
• Driessenia ohwiana
• Driessenia phasmolacuna
• Driessenia planopetiolata
• Driessenia sessiliflora
• Driessenia teysmannii
• Driessenia winkleri

Notes and References

1. Web site: Driessenia Korth. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 14 May 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.