Excremis

Excremis is a genus of herbs in the family Asphodelaceae, first described as a genus in 1829. There are only one known species, Excremis coarctata, native to South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and northwestern Brazil).[1][2][3][4][5]

Excremis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Hemerocallidoideae
Genus: Excremis
Willd.
Species:
E. coarctata
Binomial name
Excremis coarctata
Synonyms[1]

(Genus)

  • Eccremis Baker

(Species)

  • Anthericum coarctatum Ruiz & Pav.
  • Phalangium coarctatum (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.
  • Stypandra coarctata (Ruiz & Pav.) R.Br.
  • Caesia coarctata (Ruiz & Pav.) Spreng.
  • Dianella dubia Kunth
  • Excremis ramosa Willd.
  • Excremis coarctata f. alba Steyerm.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Braco, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalog of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru: 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  3. Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalog of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  4. Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) (2001). Flora of the Venezuela Guayana 6: 1-803. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  5. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.


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