Peridiscus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Saxifragales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Saxifragales

Familia: Peridiscaceae
Genus: Peridiscus
Species: P. lucidus

Name

Peridiscus Benth., Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] i. 127 (1862).

• Type species: Peridiscus lucidus Benth.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Northern South America Venezuela. Brazil Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1862. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 1, pars I., sistens Dicotyledonum Polypetalarum ordines LVI: [Ranunculaceas–Connaraceas.] Pp. I–XII, 1–454. A. Black, William Pamplin, Lovell Reeve & Co., Williams & Norgate, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Peridiscus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2023 May 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Peridiscus. Published online. Accessed May 24 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Peridiscus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 24 May 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Peridiscus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 24-May-23.