''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 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
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.
It was first described and published in Observ. Bot. on page 15 in 1787.
Knowns species
According to Kew:
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Staavia brownii
''Staavia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bruniaceae.
It is native to the Cape Provinces in the South African Republic.
The genus name of ''Staavia'' is in honour of Martin Staaf (1731–1788), a correspondent with Carl ...
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Staavia capitella
''Staavia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bruniaceae.
It is native to the Cape Provinces in the South African Republic.
The genus name of ''Staavia'' is in honour of Martin Staaf (1731–1788), a correspondent with Carl ...
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Staavia dodii
''Staavia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bruniaceae.
It is native to the Cape Provinces in the South African Republic.
The genus name of ''Staavia'' is in honour of Martin Staaf (1731–1788), a correspondent with Carl ...
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Staavia glutinosa
''Staavia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bruniaceae.
It is native to the Cape Provinces in the South African Republic.
The genus name of ''Staavia'' is in honour of Martin Staaf (1731–1788), a correspondent with Carl ...
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Staavia phylicoides''
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Staavia pinifolia''
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Staavia radiata''
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Staavia staavioides
''Staavia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bruniaceae.
It is native to the Cape Provinces in the South African Republic.
The genus name of ''Staavia'' is in honour of Martin Staaf (1731–1788), a correspondent with Carl ...
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Staavia trichotoma
''Staavia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bruniaceae.
It is native to the Cape Provinces in the South African Republic.
The genus name of ''Staavia'' is in honour of Martin Staaf (1731–1788), a correspondent with Carl ...
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Staavia verticillata
''Staavia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bruniaceae.
It is native to the Cape Provinces in the South African Republic.
The genus name of ''Staavia'' is in honour of Martin Staaf (1731–1788), a correspondent with Carl ...
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Staavia zeyheri
''Staavia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bruniaceae.
It is native to the Cape Provinces in the South African Republic.
The genus name of ''Staavia'' is in honour of Martin Staaf (1731–1788), a correspondent with Carl ...
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References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q9079526
Bruniaceae
Asterid genera
Plants described in 1787
Flora of the Cape Provinces