Thurnia

Genus of flowering plants

Thurnia

Thurnia sphaerocephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Clade:  | Commelinids
Order:  | Poales
Family:  | Thurniaceae
Genus:  | Thurnia
Hook.f.
Type species
Thurnia jenmanii

Hook.f.[1][2]

Thurnia is a group of herbaceous plants described as a genus in 1883.[2][3][4]

Thurnia is native to northern South America.[5][6][7]

Species[5]

* Thurnia jenmanii Hook.f. \- Guyana
* Thurnia polycephala Schnee \- SE Colombia, S Venezuela, N Brazil
* Thurnia sphaerocephala (Rudge) Hook.f. \- Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Colombia, S Venezuela, N Brazil

## References

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1. ^ lectotype designated by Bullock, Kew Bull. 14: 45 (1960)
2. ^ a b Tropicos, Thurnia Hook. f.
3. ^ Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1883. Hooker's Icones Plantarum v 15, plates 1407–1408 line drawings as illustrations, T. sphaerocephala on plate 1407, T. jenmanii on plate 1408
4. ^ Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1883. Hooker's Icones Plantarum v 15, pages 5-7 descriptions in Latin, habitat information in English
5. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
6. ^ 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.
7. ^ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Taxon identifiers

Thurnia|

* Wikidata: Q4466274
* Wikispecies: Thurnia
* BOLD: 439207
* CoL: 8W46W
* EoL: 44491
* EPPO: 1TUWG
* GBIF: 2731700
* GRIN: 12112
* iNaturalist: 577370
* IPNI: 20619-1
* IRMNG: 1343060
* NCBI: 75429
* Open Tree of Life: 333071
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20619-1
* Tropicos: 40013956
* WFO: wfo-4000038312

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