''Pleurothyrium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family

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. It includes 48 species, which are native to

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and northern South America.''Pleurothyrium'' Nees
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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: *'' Pleurothyrium acuminatum'' *'' Pleurothyrium amapaense'' *'' Pleurothyrium amplifolium'' * '' Pleurothyrium arcuatum'' *'' Pleurothyrium bifidum'' * '' Pleurothyrium bilocellatum'' * '' Pleurothyrium bracteatum'' * '' Pleurothyrium brochidodromum'' *'' Pleurothyrium chrysothyrsus'' *'' Pleurothyrium cinereum'' *''

References

Lauraceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Flora of the Neotropical realm Lauraceae Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck {{Laurales-stub