Piranhea
Piranhea trifoliata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Picrodendreae
Subtribe: Picrodendrinae
Genus: Piranhea
Baill.
Synonyms[1]

Celaenodendron Standl.

Piranhea is a plant genus under the family Picrodendraceae described as a genus in 1866.[2][3]

Piranhea is native to South America and to Mexico.[1][4]

species[1]
  1. Piranhea longipedunculata Jabl. - Venezuela, N Brazil
  2. Piranhea mexicana (Standl.) Radcl.-Sm. - Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa
  3. Piranhea securinega Radcl.-Sm. & Ratter - Bahia, Goiás, Minas Gerais
  4. Piranhea trifoliata Baill. - Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1866. Adansonia 6: 235-238 in French
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Piranhea Baill.
  4. ↑ 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.


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