Dictyostega

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Dictyostega
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Dictyostega orobanchoides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Burmanniaceae
Genus: Dictyostega
Miers
Species:
D. orobanchoides
Binomial name
Dictyostega orobanchoides
(Hook.) Miers
Synonyms [1]
  • Apteria orobanchoidesHook.
  • Dictyostega schomburgkiiMiers
  • Dictyostega campanulataH.Karst.
  • Gymnosiphon orobanchoidesRusby
  • Ptychomeria orobanchoides(Rusby) Schltr.
Diagram of Dictyostega flower Dictyostega Flora brasiliensis Vol III Part I Fasc 8 Plate 7 Fig IV.jpg
Diagram of Dictyostega flower

Dictyostega is a genus of flowering plants in the Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1840. It contains only one known species, Dictyostega orobanchoides, native to southern Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas, Oaxaca), Central America, Trinidad, and South America (Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia)). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Subspecies [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 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
  3. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  4. Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.
  5. Maas, P. J. M., H. Maas van de Kamer, J. v. Benthem, H. C. M. Snelders & T. Rübsamen. 1986. Burmanniaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 42: 1–189