Levieria
| Levieria | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Monimiaceae |
| Genus: | Levieria Becc. |
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.