Potarophytum

Potarophytum is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1939.[1][2]

Potarophytum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Rapateaceae
Genus: Potarophytum
Sandwith
Species:
P. riparium
Binomial name
Potarophytum riparium
Sandwith

The only known species is Potarophytum riparium, endemic to the Kaieteur National Park in the Potaro-Siparuni region of Guyana.[3][4]

References

  1. Maguire, Bassett. 1958. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 10(1): 28-29 descriptions in Latin, commentary and geographic information in English
  2. Tropicos, Potarophytum Sandwith
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
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