Levieria Explained

Levieria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Monimiaceae.^[1] They are dioecious trees or shrubs.^[2]

It is native to Sulawesi, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea and Queensland (north-eastern Australia).

The genus name of Levieria is in honour of Emilio Levier (1839–1911), a Swiss-born Italian botanist, mycologist and plant collector in Florence.^[3] It was first described and published in Malesia Vol.1 on page 192 in 1877.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Levieria acuminata – eastern New Guinea and northeastern Queensland
• Levieria beccariana – eastern New Guinea
• Levieria montana – Sulawesi, Maluku Islands, and New Guinea
• Levieria nitens – New Guinea
• Levieria orientalis – eastern New Guinea
• Levieria scandens – eastern New Guinea
• Levieria squarrosa – New Guinea

Notes and References

1. Web site: Levieria Becc. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 16 May 2021 . en.
2. A revision of Levieria (Monimiaceae). W. R. Philipson. Blumea. 1980. 26. 373–385.
3. 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 . 1 January 2021.