Dictyostega is a genus of flowering plants in the Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1840. It contains only one known species, Dictyostega orobanchoides, native to southern Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas, Oaxaca), Central America, Trinidad, and South America (Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia)).[1][2][3][4][5]
| Dictyostega | |
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| Dictyostega orobanchoides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Burmanniaceae |
| Genus: | Dictyostega Miers |
| Species: | D. orobanchoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Dictyostega orobanchoides (Hook.) Miers
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Subspecies[1]
- Dictyostega orobanchoides subsp. orobanchoides - most of species range
- Dictyostega orobanchoides subsp. parviflora (Benth.) Snelders & Maas - Panama, Trinidad, South America
- Dictyostega orobanchoides subsp. purdieana (Benth.) Snelders & Maas - Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
References
edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- ^ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.
- ^ Maas, P. J. M., H. Maas van de Kamer, J. v. Benthem, H. C. M. Snelders & T. Rübsamen. 1986. Burmanniaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 42: 1–189
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