Vantanea peruviana
Encyclopedia
Vantanea peruviana is a species of plant
in the Humiriaceae
family. It is endemic 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...
in the Humiriaceae
Humiriaceae
Humiriaceae is a family of evergreen flowering plants. It comprises 8 genera and about 50 species.The family is exclusively neotropical, except one species found in tropical West Africa....
family. It is endemic 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....
.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Vantanea peruviana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 August 2007.