Hexapterella

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Burmanniaceae
Tribus: Burmannieae
Genus: Hexapterella
Species: H. gentianoides – H. steyermarkii
Name

Hexapterella Urb., Symb. Antill. 3: 451 (1903)

Type species: Hexapterella gentianoides Urb., Symb. Antill. 3: 451 (1903)

References

Urban, I. (1903) Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 3(3): 451. [
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Hexapterella 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. Hexapterella. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 12 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Hexapterella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 12.

Hexapterella is a genus of flowering plants in the Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1903. It is native to northern South America and to the Island of Trinidad.[1][2]
Species

Hexapterella gentianoides Urb. - NW Brazil, the Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad
Hexapterella steyermarkii Maas & H.Maas - Cerro Aracamuni in S Venezuela [1]

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.