Metteniusa | |
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Metteniusa tessmanniana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Metteniusales |
Family: | Metteniusaceae |
Genus: | Metteniusa H.Karst. |
Species | |
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Metteniusa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae.[1] It was named by Hermann Karsten in 1860 for the German botanist Georg Heinrich Mettenius.[2] It has seven species.[3] The type species is Metteniusa edulis.[4]. "Metteniusaceae" was proposed by Adalbert Schnizlein and validated by Hermann Karsten in 1860.[5]. The family is now placed in its own order, Metteniusales[1].