Nietneria

Nietneria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Nartheciaceae
Genus: Nietneria
Klotzsch ex Benth.

Nietneria is a genus of plants in the Nartheciaceae. It has two known species, both native to northern South America.[1][2][3]

Species[1][4]
  1. Nietneria corymbosa Klotzsch & M.R.Schomb. ex B.D.Jacks. - Guyana, Amazonas + Bolívar States in Venezuela
  2. Nietneria paniculata Steyerm. - Bolívar State in Venezuela, Guyana, Serra Aracá in the Brazilian State of Amazonas

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 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.
  3. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  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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