Vellozia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Pandanales

Familia: Velloziaceae
Genus: Vellozia
Species (132): V. abietina – V. alata – V. albiflora – V. aloifolia – V. alutacea – V. andina – V. angustifolia – V. arenicola – V. armata – V. asperula – V. asperula – V. asperula – V. auriculata – V. bahiana – V. barbaceniifolia – V. barbata – V. bicarinata – V. blanchetiana – V. brachypoda – V. bradei – V. brevifolia – V. brevifolia – V. brevifolia – V. breviscapa – V. bulbosa – V. burle-marxii – V. caespitosa – V. campanuloides – V. candida – V. canelinha – V. capiticola – V. caput-ardeae – V. caruncularis – V. castanea – V. caudata – V. ciliata – V. cinerascens – V. compacta – V. coronata – V. costata – V. crinita – V. crispata – V. cryptantha – V. dasypus – V. decidua – V. declinans – V. dracaenoides – V. echinata – V. epidendroides – V. exilis – V. fibrosa – V. fimbriata – V. froesii – V. fruticosa – V. furcata – V. geotegens – V. gigantea – V. glabra – V. glandulifera – V. glauca – V. glochidea – V. goiasensis – V. graminea – V. granulata – V. grao-mogulensis – V. grisea – V. gurkenii – V. harleyi – V. hatschbachii – V. hemisphaerica – V. hirsuta – V. hypoxoides – V. incurvata – V. intermedia – V. jolyi – V. kolbekii – V. laevis – V. lilacina – V. luteola – V. macedonis – V. marcescens – V. maxillarioides – V. metzgerae – V. minima – V. modesta – V. nanuzae – V. nivea – V. nuda – V. obtecta – V. ornata – V. patens – V. peripherica – V. pilosa – V. piresiana – V. prolifera – V. pterocarpa – V. pulchra – V. pumila – V. punctulata – V. pusilla – V. ramosissima – V. resinosa – V. scabrosa – V. scoparia – V. sellowii – V. sessilis – V. seubertiana – V. sincorana – V. spiralis – V. squalida – V. squamata – V. stellata – V. stenocarpa – V. stipitata – V. streptophylla – V. subalata – V. subscabra – V. sulphurea – V. swallenii – V. taxifolia – V. teres – V. tillandsioides – V. tomeana – V. tomentosa – V. torquata – V. tragacantha – V. tubiflora – V. variegata – V. verruculosa – V. viannae – V. virgata – V. wasshausenii
Name

Vellozia Vand., Fl. Lusit. Bras. Spec.: 32 (1788)
Type species: Vellozia candida J.C.Mikan, Del. Fl. Faun. Bras. 2: t. 7 (1822), nom. cons.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Campderia A.Rich., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1822: 79 (1822), nom. illeg.
Radia A.Rich. in C.S.Kunth, Syn. Pl. Aequin. 1: 300 (1822), nom. illeg.
Schnizleinia Steud. ex Hochst., Flora 27: 31 (1844)

References

Vandelli, D. (1788) Florae Lusitanicae et Brasiliensis Specimen, 32.
Behnke, H.-D., Hummel, E., Hillmer, S., Sauer-Gürth, H., Gonzalez, J. & Wink, M. 2013. A revision of African Velloziaceae based on leaf anatomy characters and rbcL nucleotide sequences. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 172(1): 22–94. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12018 Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Vellozia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Aug 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Vellozia. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 18 2015.
Mello-Silva, R. et al. (2011) Five vicarious genera from Gondwana: the Velloziaceae as shown by molecules and morphology. Annals of Botany 108(1): 87–102. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr107 Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Vellozia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Aug. 18.

Vellozia is a plant genus in the family Velloziaceae, established in 1788.[1][3]

The genus is endemic to South America except for one species (V. tubiflora), whose range extends into Panama. Most of the species are native to Brazil, with a dense concentration of species in the State of Minas Gerais.[4]

Species[5]

Vellozia abietina - Minas Gerais
Vellozia alata - Minas Gerais
Vellozia albiflora - Minas Gerais
Vellozia aloifolia - Minas Gerais
Vellozia alutacea - Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo
Vellozia andina - Bolivia
Vellozia angustifolia - Goiás, Minas Gerais
Vellozia arenicola - Minas Gerais
Vellozia armata - Minas Gerais
Vellozia asperula - Minas Gerais
Vellozia auriculata - Minas Gerais
Vellozia bahiana - Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo
Vellozia barbaceniifolia - Brazil
Vellozia barbata - Minas Gerais
Vellozia bicarinata - Minas Gerais
Vellozia blanchetiana - Minas Gerais, Bahia
Vellozia brachypoda - Minas Gerais
Vellozia bradei - Minas Gerais
Vellozia brevifolia - Minas Gerais
Vellozia breviscapa - Minas Gerais
Vellozia bulbosa - Pará
Vellozia burle-marxii - Bahia
Vellozia caespitosa - Minas Gerais
Vellozia campanuloides - Bahia
Vellozia candida - Rio de Janeiro
Vellozia canelinha - Bahia
Vellozia capiticola - Bahia
Vellozia caput-ardeae - Minas Gerais
Vellozia caruncularis - Goiás, Minas Gerais, Santa Cruz
Vellozia castanea - Minas Gerais
Vellozia caudata - Bahia
Vellozia ciliata - Minas Gerais
Vellozia cinerascens - Pernambuco, Bahia, Piauí, Minas Gerais
Vellozia compacta - Minas Gerais
Vellozia coronata - Minas Gerais
Vellozia costata - Minas Gerais
Vellozia crinita - Minas Gerais
Vellozia crispata - Minas Gerais
Vellozia cryptantha - Minas Gerais
Vellozia dasypus - Sergipe, Bahia
Vellozia decidua - Minas Gerais
Vellozia declinans - Minas Gerais
Vellozia echinata - Brazil
Vellozia epidendroides - Minas Gerais
Vellozia exilis - Goiás
Vellozia fibrosa - Minas Gerais
Vellozia fimbriata - Minas Gerais
Vellozia froesii - Bahia
Vellozia fruticosa - Minas Gerais
Vellozia furcata - Bahia
Vellozia geotegens - Minas Gerais
Vellozia gigantea - Minas Gerais
Vellozia glabra - Goiás, Minas Gerais
Vellozia glandulifera - Minas Gerais
Vellozia glauca - Goiás
Vellozia glochidea - Goiás, Minas Gerais, Pará
Vellozia goiasensis - Goiás
Vellozia graminea - Minas Gerais
Vellozia granulata - Minas Gerais
Vellozia grao-mogulensis - Minas Gerais
Vellozia grisea - Goiás, Minas Gerais
Vellozia gurkenii - Goiás
Vellozia harleyi - Bahia
Vellozia hatschbachii - Bahia, Minas Gerais
Vellozia hemisphaerica - Bahia
Vellozia hirsuta - Bahia, Minas Gerais
Vellozia hypoxoides - Goiás
Vellozia incurvata - Minas Gerais
Vellozia intermedia - Minas Gerais
Vellozia jolyi - Bahia
Vellozia kolbekii - Minas Gerais
Vellozia laevis - Minas Gerais
Vellozia lilacina - Minas Gerais
Vellozia luteola - Brazil
Vellozia macedonis - Minas Gerais
Vellozia marcescens - Minas Gerais
Vellozia maxillarioides - Minas Gerais
Vellozia metzgerae - Minas Gerais
Vellozia minima - Minas Gerais
Vellozia modesta - Minas Gerais
Vellozia nanuzae - Minas Gerais
Vellozia nivea - Minas Gerais
Vellozia nuda - Minas Gerais
Vellozia obtecta - Brazil
Vellozia ornata - Minas Gerais
Vellozia patens - Minas Gerais
Vellozia peripherica - Brazil
Vellozia pilosa - Minas Gerais
Vellozia piresiana - Minas Gerais
Vellozia prolifera - Minas Gerais
Vellozia pterocarpa - Minas Gerais
Vellozia pulchra - Minas Gerais
Vellozia pumila - Goiás, Distrito Federal
Vellozia punctulata - Bahia
Vellozia pusilla - Minas Gerais
Vellozia ramosissima - Minas Gerais
Vellozia resinosa - Minas Gerais
Vellozia scabrosa - Minas Gerais
Vellozia scoparia - Minas Gerais
Vellozia sellowii - Minas Gerais, Santa Cruz
Vellozia sessilis - Goiás
Vellozia seubertiana - Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Goiás, Bahia
Vellozia sincorana - Bahia, Minas Gerais
Vellozia spiralis - Minas Gerais
Vellozia squalida - Minas Gerais
Vellozia squamata - Brazil
Vellozia stellata - Bahia
Vellozia stenocarpa - Minas Gerais
Vellozia stipitata - Minas Gerais
Vellozia streptophylla - Minas Gerais
Vellozia subalata - Minas Gerais
Vellozia subscabra - Brazil
Vellozia sulphurea - Minas Gerais
Vellozia swallenii - Distrito Federal, Goiás, Maranhão
Vellozia taxifolia - Minas Gerais
Vellozia teres - Minas Gerais
Vellozia tillandsioides - Minas Gerais
Vellozia tomeana - Minas Gerais
Vellozia tomentosa - Brazil
Vellozia torquata - Minas Gerais
Vellozia tragacantha - Bahia, Minas Gerais
Vellozia tubiflora - Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Santa Cruz, Meta, Vaupés, Panama
Vellozia variegata - Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo
Vellozia verruculosa - Goiás
Vellozia viannae - Minas Gerais
Vellozia virgata - Minas Gerais
Vellozia wasshausenii - Minas Gerais

References

Tropicos, Vellozia Vand.
1824 illustration from Nova genera et species plantarum. Munich, author Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von
Vandelli, Domingo. 1788. Florae Lusitanicae et Brasiliensis Specimen 32
Smith, Lyman Bradford. 1962. A synopsis of the American Velloziaceae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 35: 251-292, plates i-viii
The Plant List, search for Vellozia