Ludovia

Ludovia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Cyclanthaceae
Genus: Ludovia
Brongn. 1861, conserved name, not Pers. 1807
Type species
Ludovia lancifolia
Brongn.

Ludovia is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1861. All the known species are native to Central and South America.[1][2][3]

Species[1]
  1. Ludovia bierhorstii Wilder - Colombia, Ecuador
  2. Ludovia integrifolia (Woodson) Harling - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  3. Ludovia lancifolia Brongn. - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, the Guianas, NW Brazil

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
  3. ↑ Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii
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