Campylosiphon

Campylosiphon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Burmanniaceae
Genus: Campylosiphon
Benth.
Type species
Campylosiphon purpurascens
Benth.
Synonyms[1]

Dipterosiphon Huber

Campylosiphon is a genus of flowering plants in the Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1882. It is native to tropical western and central Africa, as well as northern South America.[1][2][3][4]

Species[1]
  1. Campylosiphon congestus (C.H.Wright) Maas - Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Zaire, Angola
  2. Campylosiphon purpurascens Benth. - Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. ↑ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  4. ↑ Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flore du Gabon 41: 1-75. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
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