Vellosiella Explained

Vellosiella is a genus of hemiparasitic (a parasite under natural conditions, but remains photosynthetic to at least some degree) flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.^[1]

It is native to Guyana and Venezuela in northern South America and southern parts of Brazil.

Known species

As accepted by Kew:

• Vellosiella dracocephaloides (Vell.) Baill.
• Vellosiella spathacea (Oliv.) Melch.
• Vellosiella westermanii Dusén

The genus name of Vellosiella is in honour of José Mariano de Conceição Vellozo (1742–1811), a Colonial Brazilian botanist who catalogued many specimens.^[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris Vol.1 n page 715 in 1888.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vellosiella Baill. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 14 March 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.