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Miersiella umbellata

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Miersiella umbellata
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Miersiella

Urb.
Binomial name
Miersiella umbellata
(Miers) Urb.
Synonyms[1]
  • Dictyostega umbellata Miers
  • Dictyostega costata Miers
  • Miersiella aristata Sandwith
  • Miersiella costata (Miers) Sandwith
  • Miersiella kuhlmannii Brade

Miersiella is a genus of flowering plants in the Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1903. It contains only one known species, Miersiella umbellata, native to South America (Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru).[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b 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.