''Bonnetia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Bonnetiaceae
Bonnetiaceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of 3 genera and 38 species. The family is Neotropical, with the exception of the genus '' Ploiarium'', which is found in Malesia. It is sister to the family Clusiaceae
The Clusiaceae or ...
. Most of the roughly 30 species are
shrub
A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees by their multiple ...
s. The remaining species, all
tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, e.g., including only woody plants with secondary growth, only ...
s, are among the dominant species in the forest vegetation on the
tepui
A tepui , or tepuy (), is a member of a family of table-top mountains or mesas found in northern South America, especially in Venezuela, western Guyana, and northern Brazil. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the ...
plateaus of northern South America, such as ''
B. roraimae'' on the summit of
Mount Roraima
Mount Roraima (; ) is the highest of the Pacaraima chain of tepuis (table-top mountain) or plateaux in South America. It is located at the junction of Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. A characteristic large flat-topped mountain surrounded by cliff ...
.
Species
''Bonnetia'' contains the following species:
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Bonnetia ahogadoi''
(Steyerm.) A.L.Weitzman & P.F.Stevens
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Bonnetia anceps''
Mart. & Zucc.
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Bonnetia bahiensis''
Turcz.
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Bonnetia bolivarensis''
Steyerm.
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Bonnetia celiae''
Maguire
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Bonnetia chimantensis''
Steyerm.
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Bonnetia cordifolia''
Maguire
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Bonnetia crassa''
Gleason
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Bonnetia cubensis''
(Britton) Howard
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Bonnetia euryanthera''
Steyerm.
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Bonnetia fasciculata''
P.F.Stevens & A.L.Weitzman
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Bonnetia holostyla''
Huber
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Bonnetia huberiana''
Steyerm.
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Bonnetia jauaensis''
Maguire
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Bonnetia kathleenae''
Lasser
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Bonnetia katleeniae''
Lasser
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Bonnetia lanceifolia''
Kobuski
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Bonnetia liesneri''
Steyerm.
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Bonnetia maguireorum''
Steyerm.
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Bonnetia multinervia''
(Maguire) Steyerm.
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Bonnetia neblinae''
Maguire
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Bonnetia paniculata''
Spruce ''ex'' Benth.
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Bonnetia ptariensis''
Steyerm.
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Bonnetia roraimae
''Bonnetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bonnetiaceae. Most of the roughly 30 species are shrubs. The remaining species, all trees, are among the dominant species in the forest vegetation on the tepui plateaus of northern South A ...
''
Oliveri
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Bonnetia roseiflora''
Maguire
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Bonnetia rubicunda''
(Sastre) A.L.Weitzman & P.F.Stevens
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Bonnetia sessilis''
Benth.
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Bonnetia steyermarkii''
Kobuski
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Bonnetia stricta''
Mart.
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Bonnetia tepuiensis''
Kobuski & Steyerm.
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Bonnetia tristyla''
Gleason
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Bonnetia venulosa''
Mart. & Zucc.
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Bonnetia wurdackii''
Maguire
References
External links
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Malpighiales genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini
Flora of the Tepuis
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