Pseudoparis

Pseudoparis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Subfamily: Commelinoideae
Tribe: Commelineae
Genus: Pseudoparis
H.Perrier
Type species
Pseudoparis cauliflora
H.Perrier [1]

Pseudoparis is a genus of perennial monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Commelinaceae, first described in 1936. The genus contains three known species, all endemic to Madagascar.[2][3][4]

Species[3]
  1. ^ lectotype designated by Pichon, M. 1946. Sur les Commélinacées. Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Museum de Paris 12: 240
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ a b Faden, R. B. 1983. Phytogeography of African Commelinaceae. Bothalia 14(3/4): 553–557.
  4. ^ Perrier de la Bathie, H. 1937. Commelinaceae. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores 37: 1–46