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Raveniopsis

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Raveniopsis
Raveniopsis ruellioides from Mount Roraima.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Zanthoxyloideae
Genus: Raveniopsis
Gleason

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

It is native to northern Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela.[1]

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

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According to Kew:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Raveniopsis Gleason | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.