Koyamaea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cyperaceae.[1] The only species is Koyamaea neblinensis W.W.Thomas & G.Davidse.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Koyamaea W.W.Thomas & G.Davidse |
| Species: | K. neblinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Koyamaea neblinensis W.W.Thomas & G.Davidse
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Its native range is southern Venezuela and northern Brazil.[2]
It grows in habitats that are steep, rocky hillside with scattered shrubs and tree that are no more than 2-3m tall and the surrounding vegetation mainly consisting of bromeliads. It grows at altitudes of 500–700 metres (1,600–2,300 ft) above sea level.[3]
The genus name of Koyamaea is in honour of Tetsuo Michael Koyama (b. 1933), a Japanese botanist at the New York Botanical Garden and also specialist in Cyperaceae.[4] The Latin specific epithet of neblinensis refers to Cerro de la Neblina or Sierra de la Neblina .[3] Both species and genus were first described and published in Syst. Bot. Vol.14 on page 189 in 1989.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ "Koyamaea W.W.Thomas & G.Davidse | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Koyamaea neblinensis W.W.Thomas & G.Davidse | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ a b c Thomas, Wm. Wayt; Davidse, Gerrit (1989). "Koyamaea neblinensis, a New Genus and Species of Cyperaceae (Sclerioideae) from Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela and Brazil". Systematic Botany. 14 (2): 189–196. doi:10.2307/2418905. JSTOR 2418905. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.