Biology:Windsorina

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Windsorina
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Rapateaceae
Genus: Windsorina
Gleason
Species:
W. guianensis
Binomial name
Windsorina guianensis
Gleason

Windsorina is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1923.[1][2]

The only known species is Windsorina guianensis, endemic to the Kaieteur National Park along the Potaro River in Guyana.[3]

The genus is named in honour of the House of Windsor, Royal Family of the United Kingdom .[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10393874 entry