Chorigyne is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1989. All the known species are native to Costa Rica and Panama.[1][2][3][4]

Chorigyne
Chorigyne ensiformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Cyclanthaceae
Genus: Chorigyne
R.Erikss.
Type species
Chorigyne ensiformis
(Hook.f.) R.Erikss.
Species

References

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  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Eriksson, Roger. 1989. Chorigyne, a new genus of the Cyclanthaceae from Central America. Nordic Journal of Botany 9(1): 33-45
  3. ^ Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
  4. ^ Hammel, B. E. 2003. Cyclanthaceae. In: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 92: 424–455