Cymbocarpa
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Genus of flowering plants
| Cymbocarpa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Burmanniaceae |
| Genus: | Cymbocarpa Miers |
| Type species | |
| Cymbocarpa refracta Miers
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Cymbocarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1840. It is native to Central America, northern South America and the West Indies [1] [2]
- Species[1]
- Cymbocarpa refracta Miers - Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil
- Cymbocarpa saccata Sandwith - Guyana, Peru, NW Brazil
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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