Phainantha is a small genus of herbaceous climbers restricted to South America. It is a disjunct genus containing five species,[1] four of which are found in the Guyana Shield tepuyes region while the fifth is endemic to the Cordillera del Condor in Ecuador.[2]

Phainantha
Phainantha shuariorum in the Cordillera del Condor.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Phainantha
Gleason

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References

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  1. ^ "Tropicos | Name - Phainantha Gleason". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  2. ^ Ulloa Ulloa, C. & Neill, D.A. (2006). "Phainantha shuariorum (Melastomataceae), una especie nueva de la Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador, disyunta de un género guayanés". Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature. 16 (2): 281–285. doi:10.3417/1055-3177(2006)16[281:PSMUEN]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86227583.