Epidryos

Epidryos is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus with this name in 1962.[2][3]

Epidryos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Rapateaceae
Genus: Epidryos
Maguire
Type species
Epidryos allenii
(Steyerm.) Maguire
Synonyms[1]
  • Epiphyton Maguire 1958, illegitimate homonym not Bornem. 1886

The genus is native to South America and to Panama.[1]

Species[1]
  • Epidryos allenii (Steyerm.) Maguire - Panama
  • Epidryos guayanensis Maguire - Bolívar, Pakaraima
  • Epidryos micrantherus (Maguire) Maguire - Colombia, N Ecuador

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Maguire, Bassett. 1962. Taxon 11: 57
  3. Tropicos, Epidryos Maguire
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