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''Staavia'' 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
Bruniaceae Bruniaceae is a family of shrubs native to the cape region of South Africa. They are mostly restricted to the Cape Province, but a small number of species occur in KwaZulu-Natal. Description Species belonging to the Bruniaceae are heath-like s ...
. It is native to the
Cape Provinces The Cape Provinces of South Africa is a biogeographical area used in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It is part of the WGSRPD region 27 Southern Africa. The area has the code "CPP". It includes the Sout ...
in the South African Republic. The genus name of ''Staavia'' is in honour of Martin Staaf (1731–1788), a correspondent with
Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, in
Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...
. It was first described and published in Observ. Bot. on page 15 in 1787.


Knowns species

According to Kew: *'' Staavia brownii'' *'' Staavia capitella'' *'' Staavia dodii'' *'' Staavia glutinosa'' *'' Staavia phylicoides'' *'' Staavia pinifolia'' *'' Staavia radiata'' *'' Staavia staavioides'' *'' Staavia trichotoma'' *'' Staavia verticillata'' *'' Staavia zeyheri''


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9079526 Bruniaceae Asterid genera Plants described in 1787 Flora of the Cape Provinces