Biology:Petronymphe

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Petronymphe
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Brodiaeoideae
Genus: Petronymphe
H.E.Moore[1]
Species:
P. decora
Binomial name
Petronymphe decora
H.E.Moore

Petronymphe is a genus of flowering plants endemic to Mexico. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae (formerly the family Themidaceae).[2]

The only known species is the bulbous plant Petronymphe decora, endemic to the State of Guerrero.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Search for Petronymphe", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Petronymphe, retrieved 2011-05-26 
  2. Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L.; Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x 

Wikidata ☰ Q7179038 entry