Ruizterania

Ruizterania is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Vochysiaceae.^[1]

Ruizterania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Vochysiaceae
Genus:	Ruizterania Marc.-Berti

Its native range is southern Tropical America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.^[1]

The genus name of Ruizterania is in honour of Luis Enrique Ruíz-Terán (1923–1979), a Venezuelan researcher and university professor of botany.^[2] It was first described and published in Pittieria Vol.2 on page 6 in 1969.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:^[1]

• Ruizterania albiflora (Warm.) Marc.-Berti
• Ruizterania belemnensis (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
• Ruizterania cassiquiarensis (Spruce ex Warm.) Marc.-Berti
• Ruizterania esmeraldae (Standl.) Marc.-Berti
• Ruizterania ferruginea (Steyerm.) Marc.-Berti
• Ruizterania gardneriana (Warm.) Marc.-Berti
• Ruizterania nitida (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
• Ruizterania obtusata (Briq.) Marc.-Berti
• Ruizterania retusa (Spruce ex Warm.) Marc.-Berti
• Ruizterania rigida (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
• Ruizterania sacculata (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
• Ruizterania trichanthera (Spruce ex Warm.) Marc.-Berti
• Ruizterania urceolata (Stafleu) Marc.-Berti
• Ruizterania wittrockii (Malme) Marc.-Berti

References

1. "Ruizterania Marc.-Berti | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 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.