Inírida flower
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Schoenocephalium teretifolium or Inírida flower (from the Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

: Flor de Inírida) is a monocot which is an endemic plant in the area between the Colombia
Colombia
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n rivers of Guainia and Inírida
Inírida River
-References:*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993....

. Guacamaya superba, another plant in the same family (Rapateaceae
Rapateaceae
Rapateaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by most taxonomists.The APG II system, of 2003 also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Poales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots...

) is also endemic to this region.
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