Cymbocarpa

Cymbocarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1840. It is native to Central America, northern South America and the West Indies [1][2]

Species[1]
  • Cymbocarpa refracta Miers - Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil
  • Cymbocarpa saccata Sandwith - Guyana, Peru, NW Brazil

Cymbocarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Burmanniaceae
Genus: Cymbocarpa
Miers
Type species
Cymbocarpa refracta
Miers

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.
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