Gyrandra
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Gentianaceae |
| Tribe: | Chironieae |
| Subtribe: | Chironiinae |
| Genus: | Gyrandra Griseb.[1] |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Gyrandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gentianaceae, found in Texas, Mexico and Central America.[2] Annual herbs, they are usually found in montane pine-oak forests.[3]
Species
[edit]Currently accepted species include:[2]
- Gyrandra blumbergiana (B.L.Turner) J.S.Pringle
- Gyrandra brachycalyx (Standl. & L.O.Williams) G.Mans.
- Gyrandra chironioides Griseb.
- Gyrandra pauciflora (M.Martens & Galeotti) G.Mans.
- Gyrandra pterocaulis (C.R.Broome) G.Mans.
- Gyrandra tenuifolia (M.Martens & Galeotti) G.Mans.
References
[edit]- ^ A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 44 (1845)
- ^ a b c "Gyrandra Griseb". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ Mansion, Guilhem (2004). "A new classification of the polyphyletic genus Centaurium Hill. (Chironiinae, Gentianaceae): Description of the New World endemic Zeltnera, and reinstatement of Gyrandra Griseb. and Schenkia Griseb". Taxon. 53 (3): 719–740. doi:10.2307/4135447. JSTOR 4135447.