''Pleiostachya'' is a genus of plants in the
Marantaceae
The Marantaceae are a family, the arrowroot family, or the prayer plant family, of flowering plants consisting of 31 genera and around 530 species, defining it as one of the most species-rich families in its order. Kennedy, H. (2000). “Diversif ...
family native to
Mexico
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,
Central America
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,
Colombia
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, and
Ecuador
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.
[Karl Moritz Schumann. 1902. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 48(Heft 11): 164.] It contains 3 recognized species:
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Pleiostachya leiostachya''
(Donn.Sm.) Hammel, Phytologia 60: 16 (1986).- Costa Rica, Panamá
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Pleiostachya pittieri''
Rowlee ex Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 15: 5 (1925). - Colombia, Panamá
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Pleiostachya pruinosa''
(Regel) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Das Pflanzenreich IV, 48: 165 (1902). -
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
,
Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...
,
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...
,
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...
References
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Marantaceae
Zingiberales genera