Aureliana

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See Aureliana Civitas for the Latin name of Orléans.

Aureliana
Aureliana fasciculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Subfamily: Solanoideae
Tribe: Physaleae
Genus: Aureliana
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Aureliana is a genus of plants in the family Solanaceae; it is exclusively found in South America, with its diversity being higher in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest.[1] It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):

  • Aureliana angustifolia
  • Aureliana anonacea
  • Aureliana brasiliana
  • Aureliana cuspidata
  • Aureliana darcyi
  • Aureliana fasciculata (Vell.) Sendtn.
  • Aureliana pogogena
  • Aureliana sellowiana
  • Aureliana tomentosa
  • Aureliana velutina
  • Aureliana wettsteiniana

References[edit]

  1. ^ Priscilla M. Zamberlan; Izabella M. C. Rodrigues; Geraldo Mäder; Luana Castro; João R. Stehmann; Sandro L. Bonatto; Loreta B. Freitas (2015). "Re‐evaluation of the generic status of Athenaea and Aureliana (Withaniinae, Solanaceae) based on molecular phylogeny and morphology of the calyx". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (3): 322–334. doi:10.1111/boj.12246. ISSN 0024-4074.