Ophiocaryon is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Sabiaceae found mainly in the Guayana Shield and Amazon basin in South America.[1]
Ophiocaryon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Sabiaceae |
Genus: | Ophiocaryon Endl. |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Phoxanthus Benth. |
Species
edit- Ophiocaryon neillii Aymard & Daly (Ecuador)
- Ophiocaryon klugii Barneby (Brazil, Colombia, Peru)
- Ophiocaryon heterophyllum (Benth.) Urban (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
- Ophiocaryon chironectes Barneby (Brazil-Guyana border
- Ophiocaryon duckei Barneby (Brazil, Peru
- Ophiocaryon paradoxum R. Schomburgk (Guyana)
- Ophiocaryon maguirei Barneby (Guyana)
References
edit- ^ Aymard, Gerardo A..; Daly, Douglas C. (2006). "Two New Species of Ophiocaryon (Sabiaceae) from South America". Brittonia. 58 (3): 270–76. doi:10.1663/0007-196x(2006)58[270:tnsoos]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 4099025.