Metteniusa

Metteniusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	unplaced
Family:	Metteniusaceae H. Karsten ex  Schnizlein
Genus:	Metteniusa H. Karsten
Species
Metteniusa cogolloi Metteniusa cundinamarcensis Metteniusa edulis Metteniusa huilensis Metteniusa nucifera Metteniusa santanderensis Metteniusa tessmanniana

Metteniusa is a genus of flowering plants in the monogeneric family Metteniusaceae. It was named by Hermann Karsten in 1860 for the German botanist Georg Heinrich Mettenius. ^[1] It has seven species. ^[2] The type species is Metteniusa edulis. ^[3] In a molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2007, the authors found that Metteniusa forms one of the most basal clades of the lamiids, but is not closely related to any of the lamiid families and does not fall into any of the recognized lamiid orders. They recommended that the family Metteniusaceae be recognized. ^[4] Several taxonomists have done so since the name "Metteniusaceae" was proposed by Adalbert Schnizlein and validated by Hermann Karsten in 1860. ^[5]

References

1. ^ Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names volume III, page 1672. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington,DC;, USA. London, UK.
2. ^ Gustavo Lozano-Contreras and Nubia B. de Lozano. 1994. "Una Nueva Especie de Metteniusa Karsten (Metteniusaceae) de Colombia". Novon 4(3):266-270.
3. ^ Gustavo Lozano-Contreras and Nubia B. de Lozano. 1988. "Metteniusaceae" Monograph 11 In: Polidoro Pinto and Gustavo Lozano-Contreras (editors). Flora de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
4. ^ Favio González, Julio Betancur, Olivier Maurin, John V. Freudenstein, and Mark W. Chase. 2007. "Metteniusaceae, an early-diverging family in the lamiid clade". Taxon 56(3):795-800.
5. ^ James L. Reveal. 2008 onward. "A Checklist of Family and Suprafamilial Names for Extant Vascular Plants." At: Home page of James L. Reveal and C. Rose Broome. (see External links below).

External links

• Family and Suprafamilial Names At: James L. Reveal