Raveniopsis Explained

Raveniopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae.^[1]

It is native to northern Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela.

The genus name of Raveniopsis 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] It was first described in 1939.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Raveniopsis abyssicola
• Raveniopsis aracaensis
• Raveniopsis breweri
• Raveniopsis campinicola
• Raveniopsis capitata
• Raveniopsis cowaniana
• Raveniopsis fraterna
• Raveniopsis jauaensis
• Raveniopsis linearis
• Raveniopsis microphyllus
• Raveniopsis necopinata
• Raveniopsis nubicola
• Raveniopsis paruana
• Raveniopsis peduncularis
• Raveniopsis ruellioides
• Raveniopsis sericea
• Raveniopsis stelligera
• Raveniopsis steyermarkii
• Raveniopsis tomentosa
• Raveniopsis trifoliolata

Notes and References

1. Web site: Raveniopsis Gleason Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 25 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 . 1 January 2021.