Metteniusa

Metteniusa
	Metteniusa tessmanniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Metteniusales
Family:	Metteniusaceae
Genus:	Metteniusa; H.Karst.
Species
	Metteniusa cogolloi; Metteniusa cundinamarcensis; Metteniusa edulis; Metteniusa huilensis; Metteniusa nucifera; Metteniusa santanderensis; Metteniusa tessmanniana;

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].

References

^ ^a ^b Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1111/boj.12385.
^ Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names volume III, page 1672. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington,DC;, USA. London, UK.
^ Gustavo Lozano-Contreras and Nubia B. de Lozano. 1994. "Una Nueva Especie de Metteniusa Karsten (Metteniusaceae) de Colombia". Novon 4(3):266-270.
^ Gustavo Lozano-Contreras and Nubia B. de Lozano. 1988. "Metteniusaceae" Monograph 11 In: Polidoro Pinto and Gustavo Lozano-Contreras (editors). Flora de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
^ James L. Reveal. 2008 onward. "A Checklist of Family and Suprafamilial Names for Extant Vascular Plants." At: Home page of James L. Reveal and C. Rose Broome. (see External links below).