Triuris

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Triuridaceae
Tribus: Triurideae
Genus: Triuris
Species: T. alata – T. brevistylis – T. hexophthalma – T. hyalina
Name

Triuris Miers, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 96 (1841)
Type species: Triuris hyalina Miers, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 96 (1841)

References

Miers, J. (1841) Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 1: 96. BHL
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Triuris in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 25. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Triuris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 25.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Triuris. Published online. Accessed: July 25 2014.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Triuris in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12. Reduced species list.

Triuris is a genus in the family Triuridaceae. It consists of species that are small and achlorophyllous,[1] occurring in tropical Mexico, Guatemala, and northern South America.[2][3][4][5][6]

Triuris alata Brade - Rio de Janeiro, Yucatán Peninsula
Triuris brevistylis Donn.Sm. - Yucatán Peninsula, Guatemala
Triuris hexophthalma Maas - Guyana
Triuris hyalina Miers - Brazil, Suriname, Colombia, Venezuela

References

Barbara A. Ambrose, Silvia Espinosa-Matías, Sonia Vázquez-Santana, Francisco Vergara-Silva, Esteban Martínez, Judith Márquez-Guzmán and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. (2006). Comparative developmental series of the Mexican triurids support a euanthial interpretation for the unusual reproductive axes of Lacandonia schismatica (Triuridaceae). American Journal of Botany, 93(1): 15-35.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (2000). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(9-11): 1-337. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F..
Giulietti & al. (2009). Plantas raras do Brasil: 1-496. Conservação International, Belo Horizonte, Mato Groso, Brasil
Maas, P. J. M. & T. Rübsamen. 1986. Triuridaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 40: 1–55.
Maas van de Kamer, H. & P. J. M. Maas. 2003. Triuridaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 839–840.