Anaphyllopsis
| Anaphyllopsis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Subfamily: | Lasioideae |
| Genus: | Anaphyllopsis A.Hay |
Anaphyllopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to northern South America.[1][2][3]
The genus was created in 1988 by Hay in order to account for the differences of from other Cyrtosperma species. The decision was to create a genus named Anaphyllopsis and rename Cyrtosperma americanum as . Two other species from the Amazon were subsequently added, and . The leaves of Anaphyllopsis are characteristic of being pinnate. Anaphyllopsis is quite similar in appearance to the genus Anaphyllum.[4][5][6]
Species[]
- (Engl.) A.Hay - northern Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana
- A.Hay - northern Brazil
- A.Hay - Amazonas State in southern Venezuela
References[]
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
- ^ A.Hay, Aroideana 11: 25-31. (1989).
- ^ Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
- ^ Hay, A. (1988). Cyrtosperma (Araceae) and its Old World allies. Blumea 33: 427-46
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- Lasioideae
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- Flora of South America
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