Nanuza

Nanuza
Nanuza plicata[1][2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Velloziaceae
Genus: Nanuza
L.B.Sm. & Ayensu
Type species
Nanuza plicata
(Mart.) L.B.Sm. & Ayensu

Nanuza is a plant genus in the family Velloziaceae, described as a genus in 1976.[3][4] The entire genus is endemic to Brazil.[5]

Species[6]
  1. ^ Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von. 1823. Nova genera et species plantarum :quas in itinere per Brasiliam MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I., Bavariae regis augustissimi instituto 1: plate 9 color illustration, using basionym Vellozia plicata Mart.
  2. ^ Tropicos, Vellozia plicata Mart.
  3. ^ Smith, Lyman Bradford & Ayensu, Edward Solomon. 1976. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 30:38-39
  4. ^ Tropicos, Nanuza L.B. Sm. & Ayensu
  5. ^ Alves, Ruy José Válka (2002). "Two new species of Nanuza (Velloziaceae) from Brazil". Novon. 12: 12–17. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.744.
  6. ^ The Plant List, search for Nanuza