What is "blyttia"

Blyttia is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal of botany published by the Norwegian Botanical Association since 1943. It was the successor of the Norsk Botanisk Forenings Meddelelser. The editor-in-chief is Jan Wesenberg. The journal is named after the Norwegian botanists Matthias Numsen Blytt (1789–1862) and his son Axel Gudbrand Blytt (1843–1898).

'Blyttia ' is a small genus of perennial vines in the dogbane family first described as a genus in 1838. It is native to the Arabian Peninsula.

Species

1. Blyttia fruticulosa (Decne.) D.V.Field - Saudi Arabia
2. Blyttia lyellii (Hook.) Endl. ex Gottsche, Lindenb. & Nees - Arabian Peninsula
3. Blyttia spiralis (Forssk.) D.V.Field & J.R.I.Wood - Yemen

species formerly included in homonym genera

1. Blyttia byssophora, syn of Pallavicinia byssophora (liverwort)
2. Blyttia radiculosa, syn of Pallavicinia radiculosa(liverwort)
3. Blyttia spinosa, syn of Pallavicinia spinosa(liverwort)
4. Blyttia suaveolens, syn of Cinna latifolia (Poaceae)
5. Blyttia tenuinervis, syn of Symphyogyna tenuinervis (liverwort)

Blyttia may refer to:

• Blyttia (journal)'', a Norwegian botanical journal
• Blyttia (plant), a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae family
• Blyttia (liverwort) an illegitimate genus of liverworts, superceeded by the genus Moerckia Gottsche 1860