Pyrrorhiza

Pyrrorhiza
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Clade:Commelinids
Order:Commelinales
Family:Haemodoraceae
Subfamily:Haemodoroideae
Genus:Pyrrorhiza
Maguire & Wurdack
Species: P. neblinae
Binomial name
Pyrrorhiza neblinae
Maguire & Wurdack

Pyrrorhiza is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae, first described as a genus in 1957.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Pyrrorhiza neblinae, endemic to the Sierra de la Neblina in Amazonas State, Venezuela.[3][4]

References

  1. Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John Julius. 1957. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 9(3): 318-320 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English; also line drawing as illustration
  2. Tropicos, Pyrrorhiza Maguire & Wurdack
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.


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