''Petrosavia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

in the

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Petrosaviaceae Petrosaviaceae is a family of flowering plants belonging to a monotypic order, Petrosaviales. Petrosaviales are monocots, and are grouped within the lilioid monocots. Petrosaviales are a very small order (one family, two genera and four species ...

. It includes three

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from eastern and southeastern

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/ref>Flora of China v 24 p 77, 无叶莲属 wu ye lian shu, ''Petrosavia'' Beccari, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 3: 7. 1871.
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Petrosavia sakuraii ''Petrosavia sakuraii'', one of three species in the genus '' Petrosavia'', is a monocotyledonous plant first described by Tomitaro Makino in 1903 (see illustration), distributed in eastern and south-eastern Asia. They are rare leafless achlorop ...

'' (Makino) J.J.Sm. ex Steenis (syn ''P. miyoshia-sakuraii'') - Japan (Mino Province), China (Guangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan), Vietnam, Myanmar, Sumatra # ''

Petrosavia sinii ''Petrosavia'' is a genus in the family Petrosaviaceae. It includes three species from eastern and southeastern Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own ...

'' (K.Krause) Gagnep. in H.Lecomte - Guangxi Province of China # ''

Petrosavia stellaris ''Petrosavia'' is a genus in the family Petrosaviaceae. It includes three species from eastern and southeastern Asia. # ''Petrosavia sakuraii'' (Makino) J.J.Sm. ex Steenis (syn ''P. miyoshia-sakuraii'') - Japan (Mino Province), China (Guangxi, ...

'' Becc. - Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia

References

Petrosaviales Monocot genera Taxa named by Odoardo Beccari {{Monocot-stub