Pleurothyrium

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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.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328272-2 Pleurothyrium Nees]. Plants of the World Online. Accessed 10 April 2023. Many of the species were first described in a 1993 revision of the genus.van der Werff, H. (1993). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2399821?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents A revision of the genus Pleurothyrium (Lauraceae).] Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 39-118.

Species

48 species are currently accepted:

References