| Metteniusa | |
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| Metteniusa tessmanniana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Metteniusales |
| Family: | Metteniusaceae |
| Genus: | Metteniusa H.Karst. |
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Metteniusa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae.2 It was named by Hermann Karsten in 1860 for the German botanist Georg Heinrich Mettenius.3 It has seven species.4 The type species is Metteniusa edulis.5. "Metteniusaceae" was proposed by Adalbert Schnizlein and validated by Hermann Karsten in 1860.6. The family is now placed in its own order, Metteniusales2.
References
References
- "Metteniusa H.Karst". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- 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).