''Pleurothyrium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family
Lauraceae
Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant Family (biology), family that includes the bay laurel, true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genus (biology), genera worldwide. They are dicotyled ...
. It includes 48 species, which are native to
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 ...
and northern South America.
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History
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''. Accessed 10 April 2023. Many of the species were first described in a 1993 revision of the genus.
[van der Werff, H. (1993)]
A revision of the genus ''Pleurothyrium'' (Lauraceae).
''Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden'', 39-118.
Species
48 species are currently accepted:
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*'' Pleurothyrium acuminatum''
*'' Pleurothyrium amapaense''
*'' Pleurothyrium amplifolium''
* '' Pleurothyrium arcuatum''
*'' Pleurothyrium bifidum''
* '' Pleurothyrium bilocellatum''
* '' Pleurothyrium bracteatum''
* '' Pleurothyrium brochidodromum''
*'']Pleurothyrium chrysothyrsus
''Pleurothyrium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae. It includes 48 species, which are native to Central America and northern South America.[Pleurothyrium cinereum''
*'']Pleurothyrium cordatum
''Pleurothyrium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae. It includes 48 species, which are native to Central America and northern South America.[Pleurothyrium costanense''
*'' Pleurothyrium crassitepalum''
*'']Pleurothyrium cuneifolium
''Pleurothyrium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae. It includes 48 species, which are native to Central America and northern South America.[Pleurothyrium giganthum''
*'']Pleurothyrium glabrifolium
''Pleurothyrium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae. It includes 48 species, which are native to Central America and northern South America.[Pleurothyrium glabritepalum''
*'']Pleurothyrium golfodulcense
''Pleurothyrium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae. It includes 48 species, which are native to Central America and northern South America.[Pleurothyrium grandiflorum
''Pleurothyrium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae. It includes 48 species, which are native to Central America and northern South America.][Pleurothyrium guindonii
''Pleurothyrium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae. It includes 48 species, which are native to Central America and northern South America.][Pleurothyrium hexaglandulosum
''Pleurothyrium hexaglandulosum'' is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, borderin ...]
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