Chorigyne

Chorigyne
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Cyclanthaceae
Genus: Chorigyne
R.Erikss.
Type species
Chorigyne ensiformis
(Hook.f.) R.Erikss.

Chorigyne is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1989. All the known species are native to Costa Rica and Panama.[1][2][3][4]

Species
  1. Chorigyne cylindrica R.Erikss. - Costa Rica + Panama
  2. Chorigyne densiflora R.Erikss. - Panama
  3. Chorigyne ensiformis (Hook.f.) R.Erikss. - Costa Rica + Panama
  4. Chorigyne paucinervis R.Erikss. - Panama
  5. Chorigyne pendula (Hammel) R.Erikss. - Costa Rica + Panama
  6. Chorigyne pterophylla R.Erikss. - Costa Rica + Panama
  7. Chorigyne tumescens R.Erikss. - Panama

References

  1. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Eriksson, Roger. 1989. Chorigyne, a new genus of the Cyclanthaceae from Central America. Nordic Journal of Botany 9(1): 33-45
  3. ↑ Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
  4. ↑ Hammel, B. E. 2003. Cyclanthaceae. In: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 92: 424–455