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Pyrrorhiza

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Pyrrorhiza
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Haemodoraceae
Subfamily: Haemodoroideae
Genus: Pyrrorhiza
Maguire & Wurdack
Species:
P. neblinae
Binomial name
Pyrrorhiza neblinae
Maguire & Wurdack

Pyrrorhiza is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae, first described as a genus in 1957.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Pyrrorhiza neblinae, endemic to the Sierra de la Neblina in Amazonas State, Venezuela.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John Julius. 1957. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 9(3): 318-320 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English; also line drawing as illustration
  2. ^ Tropicos, Pyrrorhiza Maguire & Wurdack
  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.