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Epidryos

Epidryos is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus with this name in 1962.

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Epidryos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Rapateaceae
Genus: Epidryos
Maguire
Type species
Epidryos allenii
(Steyerm.) Maguire
Synonyms1
  • Epiphyton Maguire 1958, illegitimate homonym not Bornem. 1886

Epidryos is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus with this name in 1962.23

The genus is native to South America and to Panama.1

Species1
  • Epidryos allenii (Steyerm.) Maguire - Panama
  • Epidryos guayanensis Maguire - Bolívar, Pakaraima
  • Epidryos micrantherus (Maguire) Maguire - Colombia, N Ecuador
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