Staavia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Bruniales

Familia: Bruniaceae
Tribus: Brunieae
Genus: Staavia
Species: S. brownii – S. capitella – S. dodii – S. glutinosa – S. phylicoides – S. pinifolia – S. radiata – S. staavioides – S. trichotoma – S. verticillata – S. zeyheri
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Staavia Dahl, 1787

Type species: Staavia radiata (L.) Dahl.

Synonymy

Levisanus Schreb., Gen. Pl., ed. 8[a]. 1: 149 (1789)
Astrocoma Neck., Elem. Bot. (Necker) 1: 112 (1790)

References

Dahl, A., 1787. Observationes botanicae circa Systema vegetabilium divi a Linne 14.
Classen-Bockhoff, R., Oliver, E.G.H., Hall, A.V. & Quint, M. 2011. A new classification of the South African endemic family Bruniaceae based on molecular and morphological data. Taxon 60(4): 1138–1155. DOI: 10.1002/tax.604016 JSTOR Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Staavia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 03. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Staavia. Published online. Accessed: Jul 03 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Staavia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul 03.
Tropicos.org 2019. Staavia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Jul 2019.

Vernacular names

Staavia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bruniaceae.[1]

It is native to the Cape Provinces in the South African Republic.[1]

The genus name of Staavia is in honour of Martin Staaf (1731–1788), a correspondent with Carl Linnaeus, in Gothenburg.[2] It was first described and published in Observ. Bot. on page 15 in 1787.[1]
Knowns species

According to Kew:[1]

Staavia brownii Dümmer
Staavia capitella (Thunb.) Sond.
Staavia dodii Bolus
Staavia glutinosa (P.J.Bergius) Dahl
Staavia phylicoides Pillans
Staavia pinifolia Willd.
Staavia radiata (L.) Dahl
Staavia staavioides (Sond.) A.V.Hall
Staavia trichotoma (Thunb.) Pillans
Staavia verticillata (L.f.) Pillans
Staavia zeyheri Sond.

References

"Staavia Dahl | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.