Ravenia (plant) explained

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]}

• Ravenia biramosa
• Ravenia pseudalterna
• Ravenia rosea
• Ravenia spectabilis
• Ravenia swartziana
• Ravenia urbanii  - tortugo prieto

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ravenia Vell. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 25 November 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 . 1 January 2021.
3. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?10275 GRIN Species Records of Ravenia.
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Rutaceae/Ravenia/ Ravenia.