''Pogonophora'' is a

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Peraceae Peraceae Klotzsch is a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales. The family was segregated from the Euphorbiaceae by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch in 1859, and its uniqueness was affirmed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew's Eup ...

first described as a genus in 1854. It is native to central Africa and northern South America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ;Species # '' Pogonophora letouzeyi'' Feuillet, 1993 -

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north ...

, Congo # '' Pogonophora schomburgkiana'' Miers ex Benth., 1854 - Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Fr Guinea, N + E Brazil ;formerly included moved to other genera ('' Micrandra'', ''

Pausandra ''Pausandra'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1870. It is native to Central America and South America.Webster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical ...

'') * ''P. cunuri - Micrandra spruceana'' * ''P. trianae - Pausandra trianae''

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