''Thurnia'' is a group of

herbaceous plants Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials. Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous" The fourth edition of t ...

described as a genus in 1883.Tropicos, ''Thurnia'' Hook. f.
/ref> ''Thurnia'' is native to northern

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>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 * ''

Thurnia jenmanii ''Thurnia'' is a group of herbaceous plants described as a genus in 1883. ''Thurnia'' is native to northern South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a re ...

'' Hook.f. - Guyana * '' Thurnia polycephala'' Schnee - SE Colombia, S Venezuela, N Brazil * '' Thurnia sphaerocephala'' (Rudge) Hook.f. - Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Colombia, S Venezuela, N Brazil

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Poales genera Thurniaceae {{Poales-stub