Dicranopygium
Encyclopedia
Dicranopygium is a genus of plant
s belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae
. They are distributed in the Neotropic ecozone from Mexico
to Peru
.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
s belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae
Cyclanthaceae
Cyclanthaceae is a family of flowering plants.-Classification:The APG system and the APG II system assign it to the order Pandanales in the clade monocots...
. They are distributed in the Neotropic ecozone from Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
to Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
.
Species
Species include:- Dicranopygium crinitum
- Dicranopygium cuatrecasanum
- Dicranopygium grandifolium
- Dicranopygium harlingii
- Dicranopygium osaanse
- Dicranopygium pachystemon
- Dicranopygium taticaDicranopygium taticaDicranopygium tatica is a plant belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae. This is a local species, found near the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. It can easily be distinguished from its congeners by having a very short stem with petioles up to 57 cm long terminating in long very narrow, deeply bifid...
- Dicranopygium testaceum
- Dicranopygium umbrophilum
- Dicranopygium venezuelanum
- Dicranopygium wallisii
- Dicranopygium wedelii