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Velleia
Sign in to saveVelleia is a historically recognised genus of about 30 species of herbs in the family Goodeniaceae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyGoodeniaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 51
- With media
- 42
- Family
- Goodeniaceae
- Collections
- RSA, MEL
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Goodeniaceae
- Image
- Velleia paradoxa.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Velleia
- Commons category
- Goodenia
- topic's main category
- Category:Velleia
- different from
- Veleia
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Encyclopedic overview
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Velleia is a historically recognised genus of about 30 species of herbs in the family Goodeniaceae.
The genus was first described in 1798 by James Edward Smith in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. The genus was named after Thomas Velley.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Velleia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.