Kunhardtia

Kunhardtia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Rapateaceae
Genus: Kunhardtia
Maguire
Type species
Kunhardtia rhodantha
Maguire

Kunhardtia is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1958.[1][2]

The genus is endemic to the State of Amazonas in southern Venezuela.[1][3][4]

species
  1. Kunhardtia radiata Maguire & Steyerm.
  2. Kunhardtia rhodantha Maguire

References

  1. 1 2 Maguire, Bassett 1958. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 10(1): 32-35 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English; line drawings as illustrations
  2. Tropicos, Kunhardtia Maguire
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 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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