Quesnelia Gaudich.
First published in Voy. Bonite, Bot. 3: t. 54 (1842)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Brazil. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Lievena Regel in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada, prepr. 6: 537 (1879)
Accepted Species
- Quesnelia alborosea A.F.Costa & Fontoura
- Quesnelia alvimii Leme
- Quesnelia arvensis (Vell.) Mez
- Quesnelia augustocoburgi Wawra
- Quesnelia blanda (Schott ex Beer) Mez
- Quesnelia clavata Amorim & Leme
- Quesnelia conquistensis Leme
- Quesnelia dubia Leme
- Quesnelia edmundoi L.B.Sm.
- Quesnelia humilis Mez
- Quesnelia imbricata L.B.Sm.
- Quesnelia indecora Mez
- Quesnelia kautskyi C.M.Vieira
- Quesnelia koltesii Amorim & Leme
- Quesnelia lateralis Wawra
- Quesnelia liboniana (De Jonghe) Mez
- Quesnelia marmorata (Lem.) Read
- Quesnelia morreniana (Baker) Mez
- Quesnelia quesneliana (Brongn.) L.B.Sm.
- Quesnelia seideliana L.B.Sm. & Reitz
- Quesnelia testudo Lindm.
- Quesnelia tubifolia Leme & L.Kollmann
- Quesnelia vasconcelosiana Leme
- Quesnelia violacea Wand. & S.L.Proença
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0