Velloziaceae J.Agardh

First published in Theoria Syst. Pl. 9. 1858 [Apr-Sep 1858] (as "Vellozieae") (1858)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

Neotropikey

  • Behnke, H.-D., Treutlein, J., Wink, M., Kramer, K., Schneider, C. & Kao, P.C. (2000). Systematics and evolution of Velloziaceae, with special reference to sieve-element plastids and rbcL sequence data. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 134: 93-129.
  • Henrard, J.T. (1937). Velloziaceae americanae nonnulae novae vel minus cognitae. Blumea 2: 339-384.
  • Ibisch, P.L., Nowick, C., Vásquez, R. & Koch, K. (2001). Taxonomy and biology of Andean Velloziaceae: Vellozia andina sp. nov. and notes on Barbaceniopsis (including Barbaceniopsis castillonii comb. nov.). Systematic Botany 26(1): 5-16.
  • Kubitzki, K. (1998). Velloziaceae. In: Kubitzki, K. (ed), The families and genera of vascular plants. Flowering plants, Monocotyledons, Lilianae (except Orchidaceae). Vol. 3, pp. 459-467. Springer Verlag. Berlin.
  • Mello-Silva, R. (1991). The infra-familial taxonomic circumscription of the Velloziaceae: A historical and critical analysis. Taxon 40: 45-51.
  • Mello-Silva, R. (2004). Velloziaceae. In Smith, N., S.A. Mori, A. Henderson, D.W. Stevenson & S.V. Heald (eds.), Flowering plants of the neotropics. Pp. 490-491. Princeton University Press. Princeton.
  • Mello-Silva, R. (2005). Morphological analysis, phylogenies and classification in Velloziaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 148(2): 157-173.
  • Menezes, N.L. & Semir, J. (1991). Burlemarxia, a new genus of Velloziaceae. Taxon 40: 413-426.
  • Menezes, N.L. (1971). New taxa and new combination in Velloziaceae. Ciência e Cultura 23(3): 421-422.
  • Menezes, N.L. (1980). Re-establishment of genus Pleurostima Rafinesque (Velloziaceae). Revista Brasileira de Botânica 3: 37-47.
  • Menezes, N.L., Mello-Silva, R. & Mayo, S.J. (1994). A cladistic analysis of the Velloziaceae. Kew Bulletim 49(1): 71-92.
  • Salatino, A., Salatino, M.L.F., Mello-Silva, R., Sluys, M.-A., Giannasi, D.E. & Price R.A. (2001). Phylogenetic inference in Velloziaceae using chloroplast trnL-F sequences. Systematic Botany 26(1): 92-103.
  • Smith, L. B. (1962). A synopsis of the American Velloziaceae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 35(4): 251-292, pl. 1-12.
  • Smith, L.B. & Ayensu, E.S. (1976). A revision of American Velloziaceae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 30: i-viii, 1-172.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • A.E. Gonçalves (2009). in J. R. Timberlake, E. S. Martins (eds). Flora Zambesiaca, Vol 12 (part 2). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Other Data

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Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
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