Pleiostachya

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Marantaceae
Genus: Pleiostachya
Species: P. leiostachya – P. pittieri – P. pruinosa
Name

Pleiostachya K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 48: 164 (1902)

Type species: Pleiostachya pruinosa (Regel) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 48: 165 (1902)

References

Schumann, K.M. (1902) Das Pflanzenreich IV. 48(Heft 11): 164.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Pleiostachya in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 May 2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Pleiostachya. Published online. Accessed: May 2 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Pleiostachya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 May 2.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pleiostachya in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
Pleiostachya is a genus of plants native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Ecuador.[1][2] It contains 3 recognized species:

Pleiostachya leiostachya (Donn.Sm.) Hammel, Phytologia 60: 16 (1986).- Costa Rica, Panama
Pleiostachya pittieri Rowlee ex Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 15: 5 (1925). - Colombia, Panama
Pleiostachya pruinosa (Regel) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Das Pflanzenreich IV, 48: 165 (1902). - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Pleiostachya
Karl Moritz Schumann. 1902. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 48(Heft 11): 164.