Dictyostega

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Burmanniaceae
Tribus: Burmannieae
Genus: Dictyostega
Species: D. orobanchoides
Name

Dictyostega Miers, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 61 (1840)
References
Miers, J. (1840) Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 1: 61. BHL
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Dictyostega in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Dictyostega. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 12 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Dictyostega. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 12

Dictyostega is a genus of flowering plants in the Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1840. It contains only one known species, Dictyostega orobanchoides, native to southern Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas, Oaxaca), Central America, Trinidad, and South America (Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia)).[1][2][3][4][5]

Subspecies[1]

Dictyostega orobanchoides subsp. orobanchoides - most of species range
Dictyostega orobanchoides subsp. parviflora (Benth.) Snelders & Maas - Panama, Trinidad, South America
Dictyostega orobanchoides subsp. purdieana (Benth.) Snelders & Maas - Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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
Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.
Maas, P. J. M., H. Maas van de Kamer, J. v. Benthem, H. C. M. Snelders & T. Rübsamen. 1986. Burmanniaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 42: 1–189