Alexa (plant) explained

Alexa is a genus of flowering plants. It includes ten species which are native to Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil in northern South America. Members of this genus accumulate iminosugars in their leaves.^[1]

Species

Ten species are accepted:

• Alexa bauhiniiflora Ducke - southern Venezuela (Amazonas) and northern Brazil (Amazonas)
• Alexa canaracunensis Pittier – southern Venezulela, Guyana, and northern Brazil
• Alexa confusa Pittier – southern Venezuela and northern Brazil (Roraima)
• Alexa cowanii Yakovlev – eastern Venezuela and Guyana
• Alexa grandiflora Ducke – northern Brazil
• Alexa herminiana N. Ramírez – southern Venezuela (Amazonas)
• Alexa imperatricis (R.H. Schomb.) Baill. – Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil
• Alexa leiopetala Sandwith – Guyana
• Alexa surinamensis Yakovlev – Guyana and Suriname
• Alexa wachenheimii Benoist – Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana

Notes and References

1. Kite GC, Cardoso D, Lewis GP, Zartman CE, de Queiroz LP, Veitch NC . 2015 . Monomethyl ethers of 4,5-dihydroxypipecolic acid from Petaladenium urceoliferum: Enigmatic chemistry of an enigmatic legume . Phytochemistry . 116 . 198–202 . 25817832 . 10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.02.026.