Thurnia

Thurnia is a group of herbaceous plants described as a genus in 1883.^[2][3][4]

Thurnia
Thurnia sphaerocephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Thurniaceae
Genus:	Thurnia Hook.f.
Type species
Thurnia jenmanii Hook.f.[1][2]

Thurnia is native to northern South America.^[5][6][7]

Species^[5]

• 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

References

1. lectotype designated by Bullock, Kew Bull. 14: 45 (1960)
2. Tropicos, Thurnia Hook. f.
3. Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1883. Hooker's Icones Plantarum v 15, plates 1407–1408 line drawings as illustrations, T. sphaerocephala on plate 1407, T. jenmanii on plate 1408
4. Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1883. Hooker's Icones Plantarum v 15, pages 5-7 descriptions in Latin, habitat information in English
5. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
6. Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) (2005). Rutaceae-Zygophyllaceae. Flora of the Venenzuela Guayana 9: 1-608. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
7. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.