Biology:Ludovia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Ludovia
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Ludovia lancifolia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Cyclanthaceae
Genus: Ludovia
Brongn. 1861, conserved name, not Pers. 1807
Type species
Ludovia lancifolia
Brongn.

Ludovia is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1861. All the known species are native to Central and South America.[1][2][3]

Species[1]
  • Ludovia bierhorstii Wilder - Colombia, Ecuador
  • Ludovia integrifolia (Woodson) Harling - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • Ludovia lancifolia Brongn. - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, the Guianas, NW Brazil

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
  3. Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii

Wikidata ☰ Q9298446 entry