Biology:Pleiostachya

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Pleiostachya
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Pleiostachya pruinosa
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Pleiostachya
K.Schum

Pleiostachya is a genus of plants in the Marantaceae family native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Ecuador.[1][2] It contains 3 recognized species:

  • Pleiostachya leiostachya (Donn.Sm.) Hammel, Phytologia 60: 16 (1986).- Costa Rica, Panamá
  • Pleiostachya pittieri Rowlee ex Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 15: 5 (1925). - Colombia, Panamá
  • Pleiostachya pruinosa (Regel) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Das Pflanzenreich IV, 48: 165 (1902). - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Pleiostachya
  2. Karl Moritz Schumann. 1902. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 48(Heft 11): 164.

Wikidata ☰ Q5655512 entry