Chorigyne

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Pandanales

Familia: Cyclanthaceae
Genus: Chorigyne
Species (7):
C. cylindrica – C. densiflora – C. ensiformis – C. paucinervis – C. pendula – C. pterophylla – C. tumescens
Name

Chorigyne R.Erikss., Nordic J. Bot. 9: 33 (1989)
Type species: Chorigyne ensiformis (Hook.f.) R.Erikss., Nordic J. Bot. 9: 37 (1989)

References

Eriksson, R. 1989. Chorigyne, a new genus of the Cyclanthaceae from Central America, Nordic Journal of Botany 9(1): 31–45. DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1989.tb00978.x. Reference page. : 9: 33

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Chorigyne in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan. 12. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Chorigyne in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Chorigyne. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 26 2014.
Tropicos.org 2014. Chorigyne. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Nov. 2014.

Vernacular names

Chorigyne is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1989. All the known species are native to Costa Rica and Panama.[1][2][3][4]

Species

Chorigyne cylindrica R.Erikss. - Costa Rica + Panama
Chorigyne densiflora R.Erikss. - Panama
Chorigyne ensiformis (Hook.f.) R.Erikss. - Costa Rica + Panama
Chorigyne paucinervis R.Erikss. - Panama
Chorigyne pendula (Hammel) R.Erikss. - Costa Rica + Panama
Chorigyne pterophylla R.Erikss. - Costa Rica + Panama
Chorigyne tumescens R.Erikss. - Panama

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Eriksson, Roger. 1989. Chorigyne, a new genus of the Cyclanthaceae from Central America. Nordic Journal of Botany 9(1): 33-45
Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
Hammel, B. E. 2003. Cyclanthaceae. In: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 92: 424–455