''Vellosiella'' is a genus of

hemiparasitic A parasitic plant is a plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirements from another living plant. They make up about 1% of angiosperms and are found in almost every biome. All parasitic plants develop a specialized organ called the ...

(a parasite under natural conditions, but remains

photosynthetic Photosynthesis is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy that, through cellular respiration, can later be released to fuel the organism's activities. Some of this chemical energy is stored in c ...

to at least some degree) flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. It is native to

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

and Venezuela in northern South America and southern parts of Brazil.

Known species

As accepted by Kew: * '' Vellosiella dracocephaloides'' (Vell.) Baill. * ''

Vellosiella spathacea ''Vellosiella'' is a genus of hemiparasitic (a parasite under natural conditions, but remains photosynthetic to at least some degree) flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. It is native to Guyana Guyana ( or ), officia ...

'' (Oliv.) Melch. * '' Vellosiella westermanii'' Dusén The genus name of ''Vellosiella'' is in honour of José Mariano de Conceição Vellozo (1742–1811), a Colonial Brazilian botanist who catalogued many specimens. It was first described and published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris Vol.1 n page 715 in 1888.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9092833 Orobanchaceae Orobanchaceae genera Plants described in 1888 Flora of Guyana Flora of Venezuela Flora of South Brazil Flora of Southeast Brazil