Biology:Pakaraimoideae

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Short description: Subfamily of flowering plants

Pakaraimoideae
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Pakaraimoideae

Maguire, P.S.Ashton & de Zeeuw
Genera

Pakaraimaea

Pakaraimoideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Cistaceae with just one genus and a single species, Pakaraimaea dipterocarpacea, from Guyana, and Venezuela in South America. It is found in the Imbaimadai Savanna, the adjacent Partang Savanna, the Guaianan highlands and Pacaraima Mountains in Guyana and Bolivar State in Venezuela.[1] It was formerly placed in Dipterocarpaceae, but is now known to belong to Cistaceae[2]

References

  1. Bassett Maguire and Peter S. Ashton (1980). "Pakaraimaea dipterocarpacea II". Taxon 29 (2/3): 225–231. doi:10.2307/1220284. 
  2. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–20, doi:10.1111/boj.12385 

Wikidata ☰ Q7125431 entry