''Schoenocephalium teretifolium'' or Summertime Inírida flower (from the
Spanish
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* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
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Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
: Flor de Inírida de verano) is a
monocot
Monocotyledons (), commonly referred to as monocots, (Lilianae ''sensu'' Chase & Reveal) are grass and grass-like flowering plants (angiosperms), the seeds of which typically contain only one embryonic leaf, or cotyledon. They constitute one of ...
which is an
endemic plant in the area between the
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
n rivers of
Guainia and
Inírida. ''
Guacamaya superba'', another plant in the
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 ...
family, is also endemic to this region.
References
Humboldt - Inirida flowerSpecies accountGlobal biodiversity information network.
Rapateaceae
Endemic flora of Colombia
Taxa named by Bassett Maguire
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