Sauvallea

Sauvallea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Subfamily: Cartonematoideae
Tribe: Triceratelleae
Genus: Sauvallea
C.Wright
Species: S. blainii
Binomial name
Sauvallea blainii
C.Wright
Synonyms[1]
  • Commelina blainii (C.Wright) Woodson

Sauvallea is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the dayflower family, first described as a genus in 1871. The genus consists of a single species, Sauvallea blainii, endemic to Cuba. The species is believed to be extinct.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
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