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genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

''Barteria'' is in the family

Passifloraceae The Passifloraceae are a family of flowering plants, containing about 750 species classified in around 27 genera. They include trees, shrubs, lianas, and climbing plants, and are mostly found in tropical regions. The family takes its name from t ...

in the major group

angiosperms Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed within a fruit. T ...

(flowering plants). It contains 8 described species, however, only 6 are accepted. They are native to Tropical Africa and found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Island, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zaïre.

Accepted species

* '' Barteria dewevrei'' * ''

Barteria fistulosa ''Barteria fistulosa'' is a species of tree in the family Passifloraceae, native to tropical Central Africa. The tree has an association with an aggressive species of ant with a very painful sting, which lives in its hollow branches and twigs, an ...

'' * '' Barteria laevigata'' * '' Barteria nigritana'' * '' Barteria pubescens'' * '' Barteria solida''

Taxonomy

The genus name of ''Barteria'' is in honour of Charles Barter (1821 – 1859), was a Scottish gardener and botanist who trained at Kew Gardens in London from 1849 to 1851. It was first described and published in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. Vol.5 on page 14 in 1860.

References

Passifloraceae Passifloraceae genera Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker Plants described in 1860 Flora of the Afrotropical realm {{Passifloraceae-stub