Botany

Dictyostega

Dictyostega is a genus of flowering plants in the family Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1840. It contains only one known species, Dictyostega orobanchoides, native to southern Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas, Oaxaca), Central America, Trinidad, and South America (Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia)). Subspecies Dictyostega orobanchoides subsp. orobanchoides - most of species range Dictyostega orobanchoides subsp. parviflora (Benth.) Snelders & Maas - Panama, Trinidad, South America Dictyostega orobanchoides subsp. purdieana (Benth.) Snelders & Maas - Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

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See also

• ▸Aquilegia gegica
• ▸Dioscorea alata
• ▸Furcraea foetida

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