{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |image_caption = |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Alvesia |authority = Welw. |synonyms_ref = <ref name=kew/> |synonyms = ''Plectranthastrum'' <small>T.C.E.Fr.</small> }}
'''''Alvesia''''' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1869. It is native to central Africa.<ref name=kew>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=7184 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.</ref>
;Species<ref name=kew/> * ''Alvesia clerodendroides'' <small>(T.C.E.Fr.) B.Mathew</small> - Burundi, Tanzania * ''Alvesia cylindricalyx'' <small>(B.Mathew) B.Mathew</small> - Zaïre, Zambia * ''Alvesia rosmarinifolia'' <small>Welw.</small> - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Zambia Angola
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Category:Lamiaceae Category:Lamiaceae genera