Oxygyne

Oxygyne is a genus of plant in family Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1906. It has a highly disjunct distribution, found in Japan in East Asia and in Cameroon in Central Africa.[1][2][3]

Oxygyne
Oxygyne triandra (G-M)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Dioscoreales
Family:	Burmanniaceae
Genus:	Oxygyne Schltr.
Type species
Oxygyne triandra Schltr.
Synonyms[1]
Saionia Hatus.

Species[1]

• Oxygyne hyodoi C.Abe & Akasawa - Ehime on Shikoku Island in Japan
• Oxygyne shinzatoi (Hatus.) C.Abe & Akasawa - Nansei-shoto (Ryukyu Islands) in Japan
• Oxygyne triandra Schltr. - Cameroon
• Oxygyne yamashitae Yahara & Tsukaya - Yaku-shima in Japan

References

1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
2. Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
3. "Botanische Jahrbücher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie". v.38 (1907). 1907-01-01. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)