Ophiocaryon

Ophiocaryon is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Sabiaceae found mainly in the Guayana Shield and Amazon basin in South America.[1]

Ophiocaryon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Sabiaceae
Genus: Ophiocaryon
Endl.
Species

See text

Synonyms

Phoxanthus Benth.

Species

  • Ophiocaryon neillii Aymard & Daly (Ecuador)
  • Ophiocaryon klugii Barneby (Brazil, Colombia, Peru)
  • Ophiocaryon heterophyllum (Benth.) Urban (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
  • Ophiocaryon chironectes Barneby (Brazil-Guyana border
  • Ophiocaryon duckei Barneby (Brazil, Peru
  • Ophiocaryon paradoxum R. Schomburgk (Guyana)
  • Ophiocaryon maguirei Barneby (Guyana)

References

  1. Aymard, Gerardo A..; Daly, Douglas C. (2006). "Two New Species of Ophiocaryon (Sabiaceae) from South America". Brittonia. 58 (3): 270–76. doi:10.1663/0007-196x(2006)58[270:tnsoos]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 4099025.


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