Epidryos

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Rapateaceae
Genus: Epidryos
Species: E. allenii – E. guayanensis – E. micrantherus
Name

Epidryos Maguire, Taxon 11: 57 (1962)

Type species: Epidryos allenii (Steyerm.) Maguire, Taxon 11: 57 (1962)

Synonyms

Basionym
Epiphyton Maguire, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10(1): 31 (1958), nom. illeg.

References

Maguire, B. (1962) Taxon 11: 57.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Epidryos in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Aug 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Epidryos. Published online. Accessed: Aug 20 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Epidryos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Aug 2015.

Epidryos is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus with this name in 1962.[2][3]

The genus is native to South America and to Panama.[1]

Species[1]

Epidryos allenii (Steyerm.) Maguire - Panama
Epidryos guayanensis Maguire - Bolívar, Pakaraima
Epidryos micrantherus (Maguire) Maguire - Colombia, N Ecuador

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Maguire, Bassett. 1962. Taxon 11: 57
Tropicos, Epidryos Maguire