Peridiscus

Peridiscus
Botanical illustration of Peridiscus lucidus
Peridiscus lucidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Peridiscaceae
Genus: Peridiscus
Benth.
Species:
P. lucidus
Binomial name
Peridiscus lucidus
Benth.

Peridiscus lucidus is a species of flowering plant, the only species in the genus Peridiscus, which is one of four genera within the family Peridiscaceae.[1] It grows in Venezuela and northern Brazil, in evergreen, sometimes riverine forests.[2] It was originally described by Bentham and Hooker in 1862.[3] The taxonomic history of Peridiscus and of Peridiscaceae is complex, and has been resolved by molecular phylogenetic analysis.

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