Leptopus, the maidenbushes, are a group of plants in the flowering plant family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1836. As presently constituted, is native to southern Asia from the Caucasus east to China and Maluku.
Bischofia is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1827. It is native to southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, Queensland, New Guinea, and various islands of the Pacific. It is the only member of the tribe Bischofieae. They are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants, but may rarely be monoecious.
Peridiscaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Saxifragales. Four genera comprise this family: Medusandra, Soyauxia, Peridiscus, and Whittonia., with a total of 12 known species. It has a disjunct distribution, with Peridiscus occurring in Venezuela and northern Brazil, Whittonia in Guyana, Medusandra in Cameroon, and Soyauxia in tropical West Africa. Whittonia is possibly extinct, being known from only one specimen collected below Kaieteur Falls in Guyana. In 2006, archeologists attempted to rediscover it, however, it proved unsuccessful.
Monochaetum is a neotropical genus of shrubs and subshrubs with about 54 species. It occurs in warm temperate to tropical montane habitats from Mexico and Central America to the South American Andes of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru with one species reaching the Guayana Highlands of Venezuela and Guyana.
Chiococca is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It currently holds 23 species that are native to Florida, Texas, Mexico, Central America, much of South America, the West Indies, and the islands of Galápagos and Fernando de Noronha.
Bassett Maguire was an American botanist, head curator of the New York Botanical Garden, and a leader of scientific expeditions to the Guyana Highlands in Brazil and Venezuela.
Tyleria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ochnaceae.
Wurdastom is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Tryssophyton is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Adenarake is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ochnaceae.
Boyania is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Chaetolepis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Everardia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cyperaceae.
Macrocentrum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Maguireocharis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It only contains one known species, Maguireocharis neblinaeSteyerm.
Maguireothamnus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.
Mallophyton is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Salpinga is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Kirkbridea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Ernestia is a genus of plant in family Melastomataceae.
