''Kunhardtia'' is a group of plants in the family
Rapateaceae
The Rapateaceae are a family of flowering plants. The botanical name 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. T ...
described as a genus in 1958.
[Maguire, Bassett 1958. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 10(1): 32-35]
descriptions in Latin, commentary in English; line drawings as illustrations
The genus is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to the
State of Amazonas in southern
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
.
[Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.]
; Species
* '' Kunhardtia radiata'' Maguire & Steyerm.
* '' Kunhardtia rhodantha'' Maguire
References
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Poales genera
Rapateaceae
Endemic flora of Venezuela