Hexapterella Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=249013 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. 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.