Triuris
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Triuris is a genus
in the family Triuridaceae
. It consists of species that are small and achlorophyllous, occurring in tropical Central and South America.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
in the family Triuridaceae
Triuridaceae
Triuridaceae is a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by relatively few taxonomists.The APG II system, of 2003, does recognize such a family and places it in the order Pandanales, in the clade monocots...
. It consists of species that are small and achlorophyllous, occurring in tropical Central and South America.