Thurnia

Thurnia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Thurniaceae
Genus: Thurnia
Hook.f.
Type species
Thurnia jenmanii
Hook.f.[1][2]

Thurnia is a group of herbaceous plants described as a genus in 1883.[2][3][4]

Thurnia is native to northern South America.[5][6][7]

Species[5]
  1. Thurnia jenmanii Hook.f. - Guyana
  2. Thurnia polycephala Schnee - SE Colombia, S Venezuela, N Brazil
  3. Thurnia sphaerocephala (Rudge) Hook.f. - Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Colombia, S Venezuela, N Brazil

References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by Bullock, Kew Bull. 14: 45 (1960)
  2. 1 2 Tropicos, Thurnia Hook. f.
  3. ↑ Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1883. Hooker's Icones Plantarum v 15, plates 1407–1408 line drawings as illustrations, T. sphaerocephala on plate 1407, T. jenmanii on plate 1408
  4. ↑ Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1883. Hooker's Icones Plantarum v 15, pages 5-7 descriptions in Latin, habitat information in English
  5. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. ↑ Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) (2005). Rutaceae-Zygophyllaceae. Flora of the Venenzuela Guayana 9: 1-608. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  7. ↑ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.


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