Driessenia

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Driessenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.{{cite web |title=Driessenia Korth. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26316-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=14 May 2021 |language=en}}

Its native range is Western and Central Malesia.

The genus name is in honour of Peter van Driessen (1753–1828), Dutch doctor, pharmacist, chemist and botanist.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 | s2cid=187926901 |access-date=1 January 2021}}

Species:

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• Driessenia aequiappendiculata {{small|C.Hansen}}
• Driessenia attenuata {{small|C.Hansen}}
• Driessenia axantha {{small|Korth.}}
• Driessenia ciliata {{small|Becc. ex Cogn.}}
• Driessenia dispar {{small|(Cogn.) C.Hansen}}
• Driessenia ferox {{small|Bakh.f.}}
• Driessenia glanduligera {{small|Stapf}}
• Driessenia grandithyrsa {{small|C.Hansen}}
• Driessenia hepaticoides {{small|C.Hansen}}
• Driessenia inaequalifolia {{small|Nayar}}
• Driessenia kemoelensis {{small|Nayar}}
• Driessenia microthrix {{small|Stapf}}
• Driessenia minutiflora {{small|O.Schwartz}}
• Driessenia ohwiana {{small|Nayar}}
• Driessenia phasmolacuna {{small|C.W.Lin}}
• Driessenia planopetiolata {{small|C.Hansen}}
• Driessenia sessiliflora {{small|C.Hansen}}
• Driessenia teysmannii {{small|Cogn. ex Boerl.}}
• Driessenia winkleri {{small|Cogn.}}

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