Achlyphila

Achlyphila
Illustration accompanying the protologue of the genus and its only species.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Xyridaceae
Genus: Achlyphila
Maguire & Wurdack
Species:
A. disticha
Binomial name
Achlyphila disticha
Maguire & Wurdack

Achlyphila is a genus of plants in the Xyridaceae, first described as a genus in 1960. It contains only one known species, Achlyphila disticha, endemic to the Serranía de la Neblina National Park in the State of Amazonas in southern Venezuela, very close to the border with Brazil.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) (2005). Rutaceae-Zygophyllaceae. Flora of the Venenzuela Guayana 9: 1-608. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  3. ^ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  4. ^ Maguire, Bassett. Y Wurdack, John J. 1960: La posición del cerro de La Neblina, Venezuela. Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales. 95:234-239