Anthodiscus

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Anthodiscus
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Anthodiscus obovatus [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Caryocaraceae
Genus: Anthodiscus
G.Mey.

Anthodiscus is a genus of plant in family Caryocaraceae described as a genus in 1818. [2] [3]

The entire genus is endemic to South America. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Species [4]
  1. Anthodiscus amazonicus Gleason & A.C.Sm. - Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador
  2. Anthodiscus chocoensis Prance - Colombia
  3. Anthodiscus fragrans Sleumer - Ecuador
  4. Anthodiscus klugii Standl. ex Prance - Ecuador, N Peru
  5. Anthodiscus mazarunensis Gilly - Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela
  6. Anthodiscus montanus Gleason - Colombia
  7. Anthodiscus obovatus Benth. ex Wittm. - Colombia, Venezuela, N Brazil
  8. Anthodiscus peruanus Baill. - Ecuador, N Peru
  9. Anthodiscus pilosus Ducke - Colombia, N Peru
  10. Anthodiscus trifoliatus G.Mey. - Guyana

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  19. Lacmellea pygmaeaMonach. - Amazonas State in Venezuela
  20. Lacmellea ramosissima(Müll.Arg.) Markgr. - Colombia, S Venezuela, NW Brazil
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References

  1. 1895 illustration from Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868), August Wilhelm Eichler (1839-1887), Ignaz Urban (1848-1931) - Flora Brasiliensis vol. 12 pt. 1 tab. 74
  2. Meyer, Georg Friedrich Wilhelm. 1818. Primitiae florae essequeboensis adjectis descriptionibus centum circiter stirpium novarum, observationibusque criticis 193–194 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Anthodiscus G. Mey.
  4. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. Prance, G. T. & M. F. da Silva. 1973. Caryocaraceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 12: 1–77.
  6. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  7. Prance, G. T. 1987. An update on the taxonomy and distribution of the Caryocaraceae. Opera Botanica 92: 179–183