Mourera

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Mourera
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Mourera fluviatilis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Podostemaceae
Genus: Mourera
Aubl. (1775)
Synonyms [1]
  • LacisSchreb. (1789), nom. superfl.
  • LonchostephusTul. (1852)
  • StengeliaNeck. (1790), opus utique oppr.
  • TulasneanthaP.Royen (1951)

Mourera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae. [1]

Its native range is tropical South America, from Venezuela and the Guianas through Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. [1]

It appears to be most closely related to the cosmopolitan Tristicha . The common ancestor of both appears to have dispersed across the Antarctic land bridge during the mid-Cretaceous. [2]

Species

Eight species are accepted. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mourera Aubl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ↑ van den Ende, Conrad; White, Lloyd T.; van Welzen, Peter C. (2017-04-01). "The existence and break-up of the Antarctic land bridge as indicated by both amphi-Pacific distributions and tectonics". Gondwana Research. 44: 219–227. Bibcode:2017GondR..44..219V. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2016.12.006. ISSN   1342-937X.
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