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Velloziaceae
Velloziaceae is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants. The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, 1998), also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Pandanales.
Vellozia
Vellozia is a plant genus in the family Velloziaceae, established in 1788.
Xerophyta
Xerophyta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Velloziaceae. It was named in 1789 by de Jussieu. It is native to Africa, Madagascar, and the Arabian Peninsula.
Barbacenia
Barbacenia is a plant genus in the family Velloziaceae, described as a genus in 1788. The entire genus is endemic to Brazil with the exception of B. celiae, which crosses the border into Venezuela.
Nanuza
Nanuza is a plant genus in the family Velloziaceae, described as a genus in 1976. The entire genus is endemic to Brazil.
Barbaceniopsis
Barbaceniopsis is a plant genus in the family Velloziaceae, described as a genus in 1962. It is native to South America (Peru, Bolivia, northern Argentina)
Nanuza plicata
species of plant

Xerophyta retinervis
species of plant

Xerophyta elegans
species of plant
Vellozia andina
species of plant
Acanthochlamys
Acanthochlamys is a monotypic genus of herbaceous plants described as a genus in 1980. It has long been included in the Amaryllidaceae, but more recent systems place it in the Velloziaceae. Kao in 1989 placed in its own family, the Acanthochlamydaceae.
Xerophyta scabrida
species of plant