Oxygyne

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Dioscoreales

Familia: Burmanniaceae
Tribus: Thismieae
Genus: Oxygyne
Species: O. confusa – O. duncanii – O. frankei – O. hyodoi – O. shinzatoi – O. triandra
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Oxygyne in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 11. Reference page.

Name

Oxygyne Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 140 (1906)
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Saionia Hatus., J. Geobot. 24: 2 (1976), with invalid type species.

References

Schlechter, F.R.R. (1906) Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 38: 140. 40. BHL
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Oxygyne in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Oxygyne. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 12 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Oxygyne. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 12.

Oxygyne is a genus of plant in family Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1906. It has a highly disjunct distribution, found in Japan in East Asia and in Cameroon in Central Africa.[1][2][3]

Species[1]

Oxygyne hyodoi C.Abe & Akasawa - Ehime on Shikoku Island in Japan
Oxygyne shinzatoi (Hatus.) C.Abe & Akasawa - Nansei-shoto (Ryukyu Islands) in Japan
Oxygyne triandra Schltr. - Cameroon
Oxygyne yamashitae Yahara & Tsukaya - Yaku-shima in Japan

References

"World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
"Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie". v.38 (1907). 1907-01-01.