Pleurothyrium

Pleurothyrium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae. It includes 48 species, which are native to Central America and northern South America. Many of the species were first described in a 1993 revision of the genus.

==Species== 48 species are currently accepted: Pleurothyrium acuminatum Pleurothyrium amapaense Pleurothyrium amplifolium Pleurothyrium arcuatum Pleurothyrium bifidum Pleurothyrium bilocellatum Pleurothyrium bracteatum Pleurothyrium brochidodromum Pleurothyrium chrysothyrsus Pleurothyrium cinereum Pleurothyrium cordatum Pleurothyrium costanense Pleurothyrium crassitepalum Pleurothyrium cuneifolium Pleurothyrium giganthum Pleurothyrium glabrifolium Pleurothyrium glabritepalum Pleurothyrium golfodulcense Pleurothyrium grandiflorum Pleurothyrium guindonii Pleurothyrium hexaglandulosum Pleurothyrium immersum Pleurothyrium insigne Pleurothyrium intermedium Pleurothyrium marginale Pleurothyrium maximum Pleurothyrium oblongum Pleurothyrium obovatum Pleurothyrium obscurinerve Pleurothyrium palmanum Pleurothyrium panurense Pleurothyrium parviflorum Pleurothyrium pascoense Pleurothyrium pauciflorum Pleurothyrium pilosum Pleurothyrium poeppigii Pleurothyrium prancei Pleurothyrium racemosum Pleurothyrium steyermarkianum Pleurothyrium synandrum Pleurothyrium tomentellum Pleurothyrium tomiwahlii Pleurothyrium trianae Pleurothyrium triflorum Pleurothyrium undulatum Pleurothyrium vasquezii Pleurothyrium westphaliae Pleurothyrium williamsii