Biology:Potarophytum
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Short description: Genus of plants
| Potarophytum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Rapateaceae |
| Genus: | Potarophytum Sandwith |
| Species: | P. riparium
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| Binomial name | |
| Potarophytum riparium Sandwith
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Potarophytum is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1939.[1][2]
The only known species is Potarophytum riparium, endemic to the Kaieteur National Park in the Potaro-Siparuni region of Guyana.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Maguire, Bassett. 1958. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 10(1): 28-29 descriptions in Latin, commentary and geographic information in English
- ↑ Tropicos, Potarophytum Sandwith
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 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
Wikidata ☰ Q9061968 entry
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