Eurydochus

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Eurydochus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Stifftioideae
Tribe: Stifftieae
Genus: Eurydochus
Maguire & Wurdack
Species:
E. bracteatus
Binomial name
Eurydochus bracteatus
Maguire & Wurdack

Eurydochus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [1] [2]

There is only one known species, Eurydochus bracteatus, native to Amazonas State in southern Venezuela and to its adjacent namesake, Amazonas State in northern Brazil. [3] [4] [5]

formerly included [3]

now in Gongylolepis

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References

  1. Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John Julius. 1958. Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales 20: 57
  2. Tropicos, Eurydochus Maguire & Wurdack
  3. 1 2 "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". Archived from the original on 2014-11-25. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
  4. Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
  5. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro