Triuris Explained

Triuris is a genus in the family Triuridaceae. It consists of species that are small and achlorophyllous,^[1] occurring in tropical Mexico, Guatemala, and northern South America.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

• Triuris alata Brade - Rio de Janeiro, Yucatán Peninsula
• Triuris brevistylis Donn.Sm. - Yucatán Peninsula, Guatemala
• Triuris hexophthalma Maas - Guyana
• Triuris hyalina Miers - Brazil, Suriname, Colombia, Venezuela

Notes and References

1. [Barbara A. Ambrose]
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=289519 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (2000). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(9-11): 1-337. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
4. Giulietti & al. (2009). Plantas raras do Brasil: 1-496. Conservação International, Belo Horizonte, Mato Groso, Brasil
5. Maas, P. J. M. & T. Rübsamen. 1986. Triuridaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 40: 1–55.
6. Maas van de Kamer, H. & P. J. M. Maas. 2003. Triuridaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 839–840.