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Bonnetia

Bonnetia
Bonnetia roraimae.jpg
Bonnetia roraimae, habitus
Bonnetia roraimae detail.jpg
B. roraimae, close-up
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Bonnetiaceae
Genus: Bonnetia
Mart. in Mart. & Zucc.
Synonyms 
  • Neblinaria Maguire
  • Neogleasonia Maguire
  • Acopanea Steyerm.

Bonnetia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bonnetiaceae. Most of the roughly 30 species are shrubs. The remaining species, all trees, are among the dominant species in the forest vegetation on the tepui plateaus of northern South America, such as B. roraimae on the summit of Mount Roraima.

Bonnetia contains the following species:



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