''Serjania'' 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 in the
soapberry family,
Sapindaceae
The Sapindaceae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera and 1,858 accepted species. Examples include Aesculus, horse chestnut, maples, ackee and lychee.
The ...
. The name honours French
Minim friar
Philippe Sergeant.
Plumier, Charles. Nova plantarum americanarum genera (1703)
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Selected species
* '' Serjania brevipes'' Benth.
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
(Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...
)
* '' Serjania ichthyctona'' Radlk.
* '' Serjania pteleifolia'' Diels Diels is the last name of several people:
* Rudolf Diels (1900–1957), German politician
* Otto Diels (1876–1954), German scientist noted for his work on the Diels–Alder reaction
* Ludwig Diels (1874–1945), German botanist whose standard aut ...
(Ecuador)
Formerly placed here
* ''Paullinia cururu
''Paullinia'' is a genus of Flowering plant, flowering shrubs, small trees and lianas in the Sapindus, soapberry family, Sapindaceae and typical of tribe Paullinieae. It is native to Tropics, tropical South America, Central America and the Carib ...
'' L. (as ''S. cururu'' (L.) Druce)
References
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Sapindaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Philip Miller
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