Guacamaya (plant)

Guacamaya is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1931.[1][2]

Guacamaya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Rapateaceae
Genus: Guacamaya
Maguire
Species:
G. superba
Binomial name
Guacamaya superba
Maguire

The only known species is Guacamaya superba, native to the Río Guainía region along the border of Colombia (Vaupés and Guainía) and Venezuela (Amazonas).[1][3][4][5]

References

  1. Maguire, Bassett 1935. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 10(1): 35-36
  2. Tropicos, Amphiphyllum Gleason
  3. Fernández-Lucero, Mateo; Madriñán, Santiago; Campbell, Lisa M. (2016). "Morphology and Anatomy of Guacamaya superba (Rapateaceae) and Schoenocephalieae with Notes on the Natural History of the Flor de Inírida". Harvard Papers in Botany. 21 (9): 105–123. doi:10.3100/hpib.v21iss1.2016.n9. S2CID 89216914.
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. 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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