Biology:Gyrandra

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Short description: Genus of Gentianaceae plants

Gyrandra
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Tribe: Chironieae
Subtribe: Chironiinae
Genus: Gyrandra
Griseb.[1]
Species

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Gyrandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gentianaceae, found in Texas, Mexico and Central America.[2] Annual herbs, they are usually found in montane pine-oak forests.[3]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Gyrandra blumbergiana (B.L.Turner) J.S.Pringle
  • Gyrandra brachycalyx (Standl. & L.O.Williams) G.Mans.
  • Gyrandra chironioides Griseb.
  • Gyrandra pauciflora (M.Martens & Galeotti) G.Mans.
  • Gyrandra pterocaulis (C.R.Broome) G.Mans.
  • Gyrandra tenuifolia (M.Martens & Galeotti) G.Mans.

References

  1. A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 44 (1845)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Gyrandra Griseb.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:16580-1. 
  3. Mansion, Guilhem (2004). "A new classification of the polyphyletic genus Centaurium Hill. (Chironiinae, Gentianaceae): Description of the New World endemic Zeltnera, and reinstatement of Gyrandra Griseb. and Schenkia Griseb.". Taxon 53 (3): 719–740. doi:10.2307/4135447. 

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