Hexapterella is a genus of flowering plants in the Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1903. It is native to northern South America and to the Island of Trinidad.[1][2]

Hexapterella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Burmanniaceae
Genus: Hexapterella
Urb.
Type species
Hexapterella gentianoides

Species

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  • Hexapterella gentianoides Urb. - NW Brazil, the Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad
  • Hexapterella steyermarkii Maas & H.Maas - Cerro Aracamuni in S Venezuela [1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ 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.