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Thurnia

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Thurnia is a group of herbaceous plants described as a genus in 1883.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Thurnia is referenced by 3 other articles, and connects out to South America, plant and Wikidata.

It sits within the topics Poales genera and Thurniaceae.

Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyThurniaceae
Native toBrazil North, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
14
With media
7
Family
Thurniaceae
Collections
NY, IPA/SP, VT, JBRJ, UFPE, MNHN
Recorded in
Brazil, Brasil, Guyane FrançAise

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Thurniaceae
Image
Thurnia sphaerocephala 174597790.jpg
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taxon name
Thurnia
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Thurnia
taxonomic type
Thurnia jenmanii
Commons category
Thurnia
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Thurnia is a group of herbaceous plants described as a genus in 1883.

Thurnia is native to northern South America. Species Thurnia jenmanii 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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thurnia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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