Aratitiyopea

Aratitiyopea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants, in the family Xyridaceae containing the single species Aratitiyopea lopezii. The genus was erected and described in 1984.^[2] This species is native to northern South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and northwestern Brazil).^[1][3][4]

Aratitiyopea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Xyridaceae
Genus:	Aratitiyopea Steyerm. & P.E.Berry
Species:	A. lopezii
Binomial name
Aratitiyopea lopezii (L.B.Sm.) Steyerm. & P.E.Berry
Synonyms[1]
Navia lopezii L.B.Sm.

There are two varieties of this species:^[1]

• Aratitiyopea lopezii var. colombiana (L.B.Sm.) Steyerm. & P.E.Berry - Colombia
• Aratitiyopea lopezii var. lopezii - Venezuela, Peru, northwestern Brazil

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Steyermark, Julian Alfred & Berry, Paul Edward. 1986. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana I. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 71(1): 297-340
3. 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.
4. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.