Senaea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Gentianaceae |
Genus: | Senaea Taub. |
Senaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gentianaceae.[1]
It is native to south eastern Brazil.[1]
The genus name of Senaea is in honour of Pedro Américo Sena (fl. 1890s), a Brazilian plant collector.[2] It was first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.17 on page 515 in 1893.[1]
Known species, according to Kew:[1]