Hexapterella
| Hexapterella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Monocots | 
| Order: | Dioscoreales | 
| Family: | Burmanniaceae | 
| Genus: | Urb. | 
| Type species | |
| Hexapterella gentianoides | |
Hexapterella is a genus of flowering plants in the Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1903. It is native to northern South America and to the Island of Trinidad.[1][2]
Species
- Hexapterella gentianoides Urb. - NW Brazil, the Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad
- Hexapterella steyermarkii Maas & H.Maas - Cerro Aracamuni in S Venezuela [1]
References
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.