Piranhea

Piranhea
Piranhea trifoliata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Picrodendraceae
Tribe:	Picrodendreae
Subtribe:	Picrodendrinae
Genus:	Piranhea Baill.
Synonyms [1]
CelaenodendronStandl.

Piranhea is a plant genus under the family Picrodendraceae described as a genus in 1866. ^{[2] [3]}

Piranhea is native to South America and to Mexico. ^{[1] [4]}

species ^[1]

1. Piranhea longipedunculata Jabl. - Venezuela, N Brazil
2. Piranhea mexicana (Standl.) Radcl.-Sm. - Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa
3. Piranhea securinega Radcl.-Sm. & Ratter - Bahia, Goiás, Minas Gerais
4. Piranhea trifoliata Baill. - Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil

See also

• Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1866. Adansonia 6: 235-238 in French
3. Tropicos, Piranhea Baill.
4. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.