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Phainantha
Sign in to savePhainantha is a small genus of herbaceous climbers restricted to South America. It is a disjunct genus containing five species, four of which are found in the Guyana Shield tepuyes region while the fifth is endemic to the Cordillera del Condor in Ecuador.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMyrtales
- FamilyMelastomataceae
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Phainantha is a small genus of herbaceous climbers restricted to South America. It is a disjunct genus containing five species, four of which are found in the Guyana Shield tepuyes region while the fifth is endemic to the Cordillera del Condor in Ecuador.
==Species== Phainantha laxiflora (Triana) Gleason Phainantha maguirei Wurdack Phainantha myrteoloides Wurdack Phainantha shuariorum C.Ulloa & D.A.Neill Phainantha steyermarkii Wurdack