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Vellozia

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| image_caption = Vellozia aloifolia1824 illustration from Nova genera et species plantarum. Munich, author Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von

| taxon = Vellozia

| authority=Vand.

| type_species= Vellozia candida

| type_species_authority= J.C. Mikan

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Vellozia is a plant genus in the family Velloziaceae, established in 1788.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40023592 Tropicos, Vellozia Vand.][https://archive.org/details/floraelusitanica00vand/page/n3 Vandelli, Domingo. 1788. Florae Lusitanicae et Brasiliensis Specimen 32]

The genus is endemic to South America except for one species (V. tubiflora), whose range extends into Panama. Most of the species are native to Brazil, with a dense concentration of species in the State of Minas Gerais.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/400029#page/296/mode/1up Smith, Lyman Bradford. 1962. A synopsis of the American Velloziaceae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 35: 251-292, plates i-viii]

; Species[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Vellozia The Plant List, search for Vellozia]

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Category:Velloziaceae

Category:Pandanales genera