''Ivania'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It is native to

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. The genus name of ''Ivania'' is in honour of

Ivan Murray Johnston I. M. (Ivan Murray) Johnston (February 28, 1898–May 31, 1960), was a United States Botany, botanist. He studied at Pomona College in Claremont, California and at Harvard University. His plant collections are housed in the ''Rancho Santa Ana Bot ...

(1898–1960), an American botanist. It was first described and published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Vol.33 on page 188 in 1933. Species: *'' Ivania cremnophila'' *'' Ivania juncalensis''

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q19949598 Brassicaceae Brassicaceae genera Plants described in 1933 Flora of Chile