''Dicranopygium'' is a genus of

plant Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...

s belonging to the family

Cyclanthaceae Cyclanthaceae is a family of flowering plants. Taxonomy Earlier systems, such as the Cronquist system and the Takhtajan system, placed it as the sole family in the order Cyclanthales. In the classification system of Dahlgren the Cyclanthaceae w ...

, first described as a genus in 1954. They are distributed in the

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from southern

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Species

Species include: * '' Dicranopygium amazonicum'' - NW Brazil * '' Dicranopygium angustissimum'' - Guyana * '' Dicranopygium aristeguietae'' - Venezuela * '' Dicranopygium arusisense'' - Colombia * '' Dicranopygium atrovirens'' - Colombia * '' Dicranopygium aurantiacum'' - Colombia * '' Dicranopygium bolivarense'' - Venezuela * '' Dicranopygium calimense'' - Colombia, Ecuador * '' Dicranopygium callithrix'' - Colombia * ''

Dicranopygium campii ''Dicranopygium'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1954. They are distributed in the Neotropical realm from southern Mexico to Peru.Harling, G. W. 1958. Monograph of the Cyclanthaceae. Act ...

'' - Ecuador * '' Dicranopygium coma-pyrrhae'' - Ecuador * '' Dicranopygium crinitum'' - Panama * '' Dicranopygium cuatrecasanum'' - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador * ''

Dicranopygium dolichostemon ''Dicranopygium'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1954. They are distributed in the Neotropical realm from southern Mexico to Peru.Harling, G. W. 1958. Monograph of the Cyclanthaceae. Act ...

'' - Colombia * ''

Dicranopygium euryphyllum ''Dicranopygium'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1954. They are distributed in the Neotropical realm from southern Mexico to Peru.Harling, G. W. 1958. Monograph of the Cyclanthaceae. Act ...

'' - Ecuador * ''

Dicranopygium fissile ''Dicranopygium'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1954. They are distributed in the Neotropical realm from southern Mexico to Peru.Harling, G. W. 1958. Monograph of the Cyclanthaceae. Act ...

'' - Colombia * ''

Dicranopygium globosum ''Dicranopygium'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1954. They are distributed in the Neotropical realm from southern Mexico to Peru.Harling, G. W. 1958. Monograph of the Cyclanthaceae. Act ...

'' - Colombia * ''

Dicranopygium goudotii ''Dicranopygium'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1954. They are distributed in the Neotropical realm from southern Mexico to Peru.Harling, G. W. 1958. Monograph of the Cyclanthaceae. Act ...

'' - Colombia * ''

Dicranopygium gracile ''Dicranopygium'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1954. They are distributed in the Neotropical realm from southern Mexico to Peru.Harling, G. W. 1958. Monograph of the Cyclanthaceae. Act ...

'' - Veracruz, Oaxaca, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua * ''

Dicranopygium grandifolium ''Dicranopygium'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1954. They are distributed in the Neotropical realm from southern Mexico to Peru.Harling, G. W. 1958. Monograph of the Cyclanthaceae. Act ...

'' - Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador * ''

Dicranopygium harlingii ''Dicranopygium'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1954. They are distributed in the Neotropical realm from southern Mexico to Peru.Harling, G. W. 1958. Monograph of the Cyclanthaceae. Act ...

'' - Costa Rica, Panama * ''

Dicranopygium idrobonis ''Dicranopygium'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1954. They are distributed in the Neotropical realm from southern Mexico to Peru.Harling, G. W. 1958. Monograph of the Cyclanthaceae. Act ...

'' - Colombia * ''

Dicranopygium imeriense ''Dicranopygium'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1954. They are distributed in the Neotropical realm from southern Mexico to Peru.Harling, G. W. 1958. Monograph of the Cyclanthaceae. Act ...

'' - Guyana, Venezuela, NW Brazil * '' Dicranopygium insulare'' - Tobago * '' Dicranopygium latissimum'' - Peru * '' Dicranopygium lugonis'' - Ecuador, Peru * '' Dicranopygium macrophyllum'' - Venezuela * ''

Dicranopygium microcephalum ''Dicranopygium'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1954. They are distributed in the Neotropical realm from southern Mexico to Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , im ...

'' - Costa Rica, Honduras * '' Dicranopygium mirabile'' - Colombia * '' Dicranopygium nanum'' - Guyana, Venezuela * '' Dicranopygium novogranatense'' - Colombia * '' Dicranopygium odoratum'' - Colombia * '' Dicranopygium omichlophilum '' - Venezuela, Colombia * '' Dicranopygium pachystemon'' - Peru * '' Dicranopygium parvulum'' - Colombia * '' Dicranopygium polycephalum'' - Colombia * '' Dicranopygium pygmaeum'' - Colombia, the Guianas * '' Dicranopygium rheithrophilum'' - Colombia, Ecuador * '' Dicranopygium robustum'' - Amazonas in Venezuela * '' Dicranopygium rupestre'' - Venezuela * '' Dicranopygium sanctae-martae'' - Colombia * '' Dicranopygium sararense'' - Colombia * ''

Dicranopygium schultesii ''Dicranopygium'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1954. They are distributed in the Neotropical realm from southern Mexico to Peru.Harling, G. W. 1958. Monograph of the Cyclanthaceae. Acta ...

'' - Colombia, Ecuador * ''

Dicranopygium scoparum ''Dicranopygium'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1954. They are distributed in the Neotropical realm from southern Mexico to Peru.Harling, G. W. 1958. Monograph of the Cyclanthaceae. Act ...

'' - Colombia * '' Dicranopygium stenophyllum'' - Ecuador * '' Dicranopygium tatica'' - Costa Rica * '' Dicranopygium testaceum'' - Panama, Colombia * '' Dicranopygium trianae'' - Colombia * '' Dicranopygium umbrophilum'' - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama * '' Dicranopygium venezuelanum'' - Venezuela * '' Dicranopygium wallisii'' - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia * '' Dicranopygium wedelii''- Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras * '' Dicranopygium williamsii'' - Ecuador, Peru * '' Dicranopygium yacu-sisa'' - Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela

References

External links

* Hammel, B. E. (2003)
New Species of Cyclanthaceae from southern Central America and northern South America
''Novon'' 13 52–63. Cyclanthaceae Pandanales genera {{Pandanales-stub