Pseudoparis

Pseudoparis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Genus: Pseudoparis
H.Perrier
Type species
Pseudoparis cauliflora
H.Perrier [1]

Pseudoparis is a genus of perennial monocotyledonous flowering plants in the dayflower family, first descried in 1936. The genus contains three known species, all endemic to Madagascar.[2][3][4]

Species[3]
  1. Pseudoparis cauliflora H.Perrier 1936
  2. Pseudoparis monandra H.Perrier 1936
  3. Pseudoparis tenera (Baker) Faden 1991

References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by Pichon, M. 1946. Sur les Commélinacées. Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Museum de Paris 12: 240
  2. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. 1 2 Faden, R. B. 1983. Phytogeography of African Commelinaceae. Bothalia 14(3/4): 553–557.
  4. ↑ Perrier de la Bathie, H. 1937. Commelinaceae. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores 37: 1–46
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