Micrandra
Genus of flowering plants
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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::
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- Pogonophyllum Didr.
- Cunuria Baill.
Micrandra is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1854. It is native to South America.
Species
Species currently included in Micrandra:
- Micrandra australis (R.E.Schult.) R.E.Schult. - Amazonas in Brazil
- Micrandra elata (Didr.) Müll.Arg. - Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Colombia, Peru (Pasco, Loreto), Brazil (São Paulo, Bahia, Amapá, Amazonas, etc.)
- Micrandra glabra (R.E.Schult.) R.E.Schult. - S Venezuela (Bolívar, Amazonas), Guyana, Suriname
- Micrandra gleasoniana (Croizat) R.E.Schult. - Guyana
- Micrandra heterophylla Poiss. - Amazonas in Venezuela
- Micrandra inundata P.E.Berry & Wiedenh. - Amazonas in Venezuela
- Micrandra lopezii R.E.Schult. - Amazonas in Brazil
- Micrandra minor Benth. - Colombia (Amazonas, Vaupes), Venezuela (Bolívar, Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas), Peru (Pasco, Loreto)
- Micrandra rossiana R.E.Schult. - Guyana, Venezuela (Bolívar, Amazonas, Apure, Zulia), Colombia (Vaupés), Ecuador, Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima)
- Micrandra siphonioides Benth. - French Guiana, Venezuela (Bolívar, Amazonas, Apure), Colombia, Peru, Brazil (Amazonas, Bahia, São Paulo, Pará)
- Micrandra spruceana (Baill.) R.E.Schult. - Suriname, Venezuela (Amazonas), Colombia (Amazonas, Vaupes), Peru (Loreto, Pasco, San Martín), Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima)
- Micrandra sprucei (Müll.Arg.) R.E.Schult. - Guyana, Colombia (Vaupés), Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas)
References
References
- [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=126844 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/783191#page/383/mode/1up Bentham, George. 1854. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 6: 371-372] descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
- [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40018513 Tropicos ''Micrandra'' Benth.]
- Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- "Micrandra — The Plant List".
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