''Tecunumania'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. The genus was

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Paul Carpenter Standley Paul Carpenter Standley (March 21, 1884 – June 2, 1963) was an American botanist known for his work on neotropical plants. __TOC__ Standley was born on March 21, 1884 in Avalon, Missouri. He attended Drury College in Springfield, Missouri an ...

and Julian Alfred Steyermark in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser.23 on page 96 in 1944. The genus name of ''Tecunumania'' is in honour of

Tecun Uman Tecun UmanAlternate transliterations include Tecún Umán, Tecúm Umán, Tecúm Umam, Tekun Umam, etc. (1500? – February 20, 1524) was one of the last rulers of the K'iche' Maya people, in the Highlands of what is now Guatemala. According to ...

Alternate transliterations include Tecún Umán, Tecúm Umán, Tecúm Umam, Tecún Umán, Tekun Umam, etc. (1500? – February 20, 1524), who was one of the last rulers of the K'iche' Maya people, in the Highlands of what is now

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. Its native range stretches from southern Mexico down to Central America. It is found in the countries of Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala and (south-eastern and southwestern) Mexico.

Species

As accepted by Kew; * ''

Tecunumania quetzalteca ''Tecunumania'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Paul Carpenter Standley and Julian Alfred Steyermark in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser.23 on p ...

'' * '' Tecunumania stothertiae''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9082265 Cucurbitaceae Cucurbitaceae genera Flora of Southeastern Mexico Flora of Southwestern Mexico Flora of Costa Rica Flora of Guatemala Flora of Ecuador