Byttneria
| Byttneria | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Byttneria filipes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Byttnerioideae |
| Genus: | Byttneria |
Byttneria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. There are about 135 species in this pantropical genus.[1]
Byttneria species are host plants to insects such as beetles of the genus Lonchophorellus.[2]
Species include:
- Byttneria aculeata
- Byttneria asplundii
- Byttneria catalpaefolia
- Byttneria flexuosa
- Byttneria herbacea
- Byttneria ivorensis
- Byttneria jaramilloana
- Byttneria loxensis
- Byttneria minytricha
- Byttneria obtusata
- Byttneria pilosa
- Byttneria sparrei
References
- ↑ Whitlock, B. A., & Hale, A. M. (2011). The phylogeny of Ayenia, Byttneria, and Rayleya (Malvaceae s.l.) and its implications for the evolution of growth forms. Systematic Botany, 36(1), 129-136.
- ↑ Clark, W. 1989. Lonchophorellus Clark, un nuevo género de Anthomini neotropical (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin v. 43, no. 3 p. 279-289.
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