Nietneria

Nietneria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Nartheciaceae
Genus: Nietneria
Klotzsch ex Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker

Nietneria is a genus of plants in the Nartheciaceae. It has two known species, both native to northern South America.[1][2][3]

  1. Nietneria corymbosa Klotzsch & M.R.Schomb. ex B.D.Jacks. - Venezuela
  2. Nietneria paniculata Steyerm. - Venezuela, Guyana, Serra Aracá

References

  1. 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.