Levieria

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.

Known species
According to Kew:
 * Levieria acuminata (F.Muell.) Perkins – eastern New Guinea and northeastern Queensland
 * Levieria beccariana Perkins – eastern New Guinea
 * Levieria montana Becc. – Sulawesi, Maluku Islands, and New Guinea
 * Levieria nitens Perkins – New Guinea
 * Levieria orientalis Philipson – eastern New Guinea
 * Levieria scandens Philipson – eastern New Guinea
 * Levieria squarrosa Perkins – New Guinea