Phainantha
Phainantha is a small genus of herbaceous climbers restricted to South America. It is a disjunct genus containing five species,[1] four of which are found in the Guyana Shield tepuyes region while the fifth is endemic to the Cordillera del Condor in Ecuador.[2]
| Phainantha | |
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| Phainantha shuariorum in the Cordillera del Condor. | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Rosids | 
| Order: | Myrtales | 
| Family: | Melastomataceae | 
| Genus: | Phainantha Gleason  | 
Species
    
- Phainantha laxiflora (Triana) Gleason
 - Phainantha maguirei Wurdack
 - Phainantha myrteoloides Wurdack
 - Phainantha shuariorum C.Ulloa & D.A.Neill
 - Phainantha steyermarkii Wurdack
 
References
    
- "Tropicos | Name - Phainantha Gleason". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
 - Ulloa Ulloa, C. & Neill, D.A. (2006). "Phainantha shuariorum (Melastomataceae), una especie nueva de la Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador, disyunta de un género guayanés". Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature. 16 (2): 281–285.
 
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