| Hexapterella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Monocots | 
| Order: | Dioscoreales | 
| Family: | Burmanniaceae | 
| Genus: | Hexapterella Urb.  | 
| Type species | |
| Hexapterella gentianoides | |
Hexapterella is a genus of flowering plants in the Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1903. It is native to northern South America and to the Island of Trinidad.[1][2]
Species
- Hexapterella gentianoides Urb. - NW Brazil, the Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad
 - Hexapterella steyermarkii Maas & H.Maas - Cerro Aracamuni in S Venezuela [1]
 
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
 - ↑ 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.
 
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