Nanuza

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Pandanales

Familia: Velloziaceae
Genus: Nanuza
Species: N. almeidae – N. luetzelburgii – N. plicata
Name

Nanuza L.B.Sm. & Ayensu, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 30: 38 (1976)

Type species: Nanuza plicata (Mart.) L.B.Sm. & Ayensu, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 30: 38 (1976)

Note: See discussion page.
References

Smith, L.B. & Ayensu, E.S. (1976) Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, 30: 38.
Alves, R.J.V. (2002) Two new species of Nanuza (Velloziaceae) from Brazil. Novon, 12: 12–17. BHL Reference page.
Mello-Silva, R. et al. (2011) Five vicarious genera from Gondwana: the Velloziaceae as shown by molecules and morphology. Annals of Botany 108(1): 87–102. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr107 Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Nanuza in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Aug 18. Reference page.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Nanuza in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2015 Nov. 30.
Tropicos.org 2015. Nanuza. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Aug. 18.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Nanuza. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 18 2014.

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]

Nanuza almeidae R.J.V.Alves - Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
Nanuza luetzelburgii R.J.V.Alves - Pernambuco, Piauí
Nanuza plicata (Mart.) L.B.Sm. & Ayensu - Espírito Santo, Bahia, Minas Gerais

References

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.
Tropicos, Vellozia plicata Mart.
Smith, Lyman Bradford & Ayensu, Edward Solomon. 1976. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 30:38-39
Tropicos, Nanuza L.B. Sm. & Ayensu
Alves, Ruy José Válka (2002). "Two new species of Nanuza (Velloziaceae) from Brazil". Novon. 12: 12–17. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.744.
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