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Peyritschia is a genus of Latin American plants in the grass family.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Native toBolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Galápagos, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest

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Specimen records
110
With media
66
Family
Poaceae
Collections
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Recorded in
Mexico, Venezuela, MéXico, Peru, Ecuador

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taxon
Parent taxon
Poaceae
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taxon name
Peyritschia
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Peyritschia
taxon author citation
Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1890
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Peyritschia is a genus of Latin American plants in the grass family.

==Species== 31 species are accepted. Peyritschia angusta – Guatemala and southeastern Mexico Peyritschia bealii – eastern and southwestern Mexico Peyritschia coahuilensis – northeastern Mexico Peyritschia conferta (Pilg.) Finot – Venezuela and Ecuador Peyritschia curviseta – northeastern Mexico (Nuevo León) Peyritschia deyeuxioides (Kunth) Finot – Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru Peyritschia durangensis – northern Mexico (Durango) Peyritschia erectifolia – central and southwestern Mexico Peyritschia eriantha – central Mexico Peyritschia filifolia – northeastern Mexico Peyritschia foliosa – northwestern Mexico Peyritschia graphephoroides – Guatemala and southern Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama Peyritschia howellii (Hitchc.) Finot & P.M.Peterson – Galápagos Peyritschia humilis (Louis-Marie) Finot – central Mexico Peyritschia irazuensis – Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador Peyritschia killipii – Colombia Peyritschia koelerioides (Peyr.) E.Fourn. - Mexico and Guatemala Peyritschia martha-gonzaleziae – northern Mexico (Chihuahua and Durango) Peyritschia orizabae – south-central Mexico (Veracruz to Oaxaca) Peyritschia palmeri – northern and western Mexico Peyritschia pinetorum (Swallen) Finot & P.M.Peterson – southeastern Mexico and Guatemala Peyritschia planifolia – Costa Rica and western South America from Venezuela to Bolivia Peyritschia pringlei (Scribn.) S.D.Koch – Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru Peyritschia spellenbergii – northern Mexico (Sonora and Chihuahua) Peyritschia tolucensis – Guatemala and central and southern Mexico Peyritschia tonduzii – Costa Rica and Panama Peyritschia valida – western Mexico Peyritschia viridis – Guatemala and northeastern, central, and southwestern Mexico Peyritschia virletii – Mexico Peyritschia vulcanica – Guatemala and southeastern Mexico

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