''Senaea'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s belonging to the family
Gentianaceae
Gentianaceae is a family of flowering plants of 105 genera and about 1600 species.
Etymology
The family takes its name from the genus ''Gentiana'', named after the Illyrian king Gentius.
Distribution
Distribution is cosmopolitan (species), cosm ...
.
It is native to south eastern Brazil.
The genus name of ''Senaea'' is named in honour of Joaquim Cândido da Costa Sena (1852–1919), a Brazilian plant collector and geologist.
[ Wilhelm Schwacke. Plantas novas mineiras. 1898. Preface]
It was first described and published in
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.17 on page 515 in 1893.
Known species, according to Kew:
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Senaea coerulea''
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Senaea janeirensis''
References
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Gentianaceae
Gentianaceae genera
Plants described in 1893
Flora of Southeast Brazil