Biology:Koyamaea

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Koyamaea
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Koyamaea
W.W.Thomas & G.Davidse
Species:
K. neblinensis
Binomial name
Koyamaea neblinensis
W.W.Thomas & G.Davidse

Koyamaea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cyperaceae.[1] The only species is Koyamaea neblinensis W.W.Thomas & G.Davidse.[2]

Its native range is southern Venezuela and northern Brazil .[2]

It grows in habitats that are steep, rocky hillside with scattered shrubs and tree that are no more than 2-3m tall and the surrounding vegetation mainly consisting of bromeliads. It grows at altitudes of 500–700 metres (1,600–2,300 ft) above sea level.[3]

The genus name of Koyamaea is in honour of Tetsuo Michael Koyama (b. 1933), a Japanese botanist at the New York Botanical Garden and also specialist in Cyperaceae.[4] The Latin specific epithet of neblinensis refers to Cerro de la Neblina or Sierra de la Neblina .[3] Both species and genus were first described and published in Syst. Bot. Vol.14 on page 189 in 1989.[2][3]

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