Levieria

Levieria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Monimiaceae. They are dioecious trees or shrubs.

It is native to Sulawesi, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea and Queensland (north-eastern Australia).

The genus name of Levieria is in honour of Emilio Levier (1839–1911), a Swiss-born Italian botanist, mycologist and plant collector in Florence. It was first described and published in Malesia Vol.1 on page 192 in 1877.

Known species

According to Kew:

• Levieria acuminata – eastern New Guinea and northeastern Queensland
• Levieria beccariana – eastern New Guinea
• Levieria montana – Sulawesi, Maluku Islands, and New Guinea
• Levieria nitens – New Guinea
• Levieria orientalis – eastern New Guinea
• Levieria scandens – eastern New Guinea
• Levieria squarrosa – New Guinea

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