Gravesia (plant) explained
Gravesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.[1]
Its native range is western central tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Congo, Gabon, Madagascar, Tanzania and Zaire.
The genus name Gravesia is in honour of Louis Graves (1791–1857), French botanist, geologist and archaeologist and also director of waterways and forests in Oise in France.[2] It was first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., séries 3, Vol.15 on page 333 in 1851.
Known species
According to Kew;
- Gravesia aberrans
- Gravesia alata
- Gravesia albinervia
- Gravesia ambrensis
- Gravesia angustifolia
- Gravesia angustisepala
- Gravesia antongiliana
- Gravesia apiculata
- Gravesia barbata
- Gravesia baronii
- Gravesia bertolonioides
- Gravesia biauriculata
- Gravesia biporosa
- Gravesia bullosa
- Gravesia calliantha
- Gravesia capitata
- Gravesia cauliflora
- Gravesia cistoides
- Gravesia crassicauda
- Gravesia decaryana
- Gravesia dichaetantheroides
- Gravesia dionychifolia
- Gravesia distantinervia
- Gravesia diversifolia
- Gravesia ecalcarata
- Gravesia elongata
- Gravesia erecta
- Gravesia extenta
- Gravesia fulva
- Gravesia gabonensis
- Gravesia glandulosa
- Gravesia gunneroides
- Gravesia guttata
- Gravesia hederoides
- Gravesia heterophylla
- Gravesia hirtopetala
- Gravesia hispida
- Gravesia humbertii
- Gravesia humblotii
- Gravesia hylophila
- Gravesia ikongoensis
- Gravesia inappendiculata
- Gravesia jumellei
- Gravesia lamiana
- Gravesia lanceolata
- Gravesia laxiflora
- Gravesia lebrunii
- Gravesia longifolia
- Gravesia longipes
- Gravesia lutea
- Gravesia macrantha
- Gravesia macrophylla
- Gravesia macropoda
- Gravesia macrosepala
- Gravesia magnifolia
- Gravesia malvacea
- Gravesia mangorensis
- Gravesia marojejyensis
- Gravesia masoalensis
- Gravesia medinilloides
- Gravesia microphylla
- Gravesia minutidentata
- Gravesia mirabilis
- Gravesia nigrescens
- Gravesia nigro-ferruginea
- Gravesia oblanceolata
- Gravesia oblongifolia
- Gravesia parvifolia
- Gravesia parvula
- Gravesia pauciflora
- Gravesia pedunculata
- Gravesia peltata
- Gravesia pilosula
- Gravesia porphyrovalvis
- Gravesia primuloides
- Gravesia pterocaulon
- Gravesia pulchra
- Gravesia pusilla
- Gravesia pustulosa
- Gravesia ramosa
- Gravesia reticulata
- Gravesia retracticauda
- Gravesia rienanensis
- Gravesia riparia
- Gravesia rosea
- Gravesia rostrata
- Gravesia rotundifolia
- Gravesia rubiginosa
- Gravesia rubra
- Gravesia rubripes
- Gravesia rupicola
- Gravesia rutenbergiana
- Gravesia sambiranensis
- Gravesia scandens
- Gravesia scripta
- Gravesia serpens
- Gravesia serratifolia
- Gravesia setifera
- Gravesia stipulata
- Gravesia subglobosa
- Gravesia submalvacea
- Gravesia subsessilifolia
- Gravesia succosa
- Gravesia tanalensis
- Gravesia tetramera
- Gravesia tetraptera
- Gravesia thymoides
- Gravesia torrentium
- Gravesia tricaudata
- Gravesia variesetosa
- Gravesia velutina
- Gravesia venusta
- Gravesia vestita
- Gravesia viguieri
- Gravesia violacea
- Gravesia viscosa
Notes and References
- Web site: Gravesia Naudin Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 14 May 2021 . en.
- Book: Quattrocchi, Umberto . CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L . CRC Press . Boca Raton, Florida . 2000 . 978-0-8493-2676-9.
