Petronymphe

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Petronymphe
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Brodiaeoideae
Genus: Petronymphe
H.E.Moore [1]
Nearctic-Mexico Southwest MXS.svg
Petronymphe is endemic to Southwest Mexico [2]

Petronymphe is a genus of flowering plants endemic to Mexico. It is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae. [3]

Contents

Taxonomy

Publication

It was published by Harold Emery Moore in 1951. [2]

Species

It consists of two species: [2]

Distribution

Petronymphe rara is endemic to the Mexican state of Oaxaca, and Petronymphe decora is endemic to Guerrero. [4]

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References

  1. "Search for Petronymphe", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2011-05-26
  2. 1 2 3 "Petronymphe H.E.Moore". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  3. Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 132–136, doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x
  4. Gutierrez, J., Terrazas, T., & Solano, E. (2016). Petronymphe rara a new species of Oaxaca, Mexico and the rediscovery of P. decora (Asparagaceae: Brodiaeoideae). Phytotaxa, 269(2), 113-119.