Discophora (plant)

Discophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Aquifoliales
Family:	Stemonuraceae
Genus:	Discophora; Miers
Type species
	Discophora guianensis Miers;
Species
	Discophora guianensis Miers; Discophora montana R.A.Howard

Discophora is a genus of trees in the family Stemonuraceae. There are two species, Discophora guianensis and Discophora montana.[1][2] The plants occur in the Neotropics.

References

Howard, Richard A. (1942). "Studies of the Icacinaceae Iv. Considerations of the New World Genera". Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (142): 3–60. ISSN 0195-6094.
Calderón, Angela I.; Hodel, Adam; Craig, Evisabel; Gupta, Mahabir P. (2013). "Triterpenes and fatty acids from Discophora guianensis identified by GC–MS". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. Complete (50): 16–18. doi:10.1016/j.bse.2013.03.034. ISSN 0305-1978.

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[1] Howard, Richard A. (1942). "Studies of the Icacinaceae Iv. Considerations of the New World Genera". Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (142): 3–60. ISSN 0195-6094.

[2] Calderón, Angela I.; Hodel, Adam; Craig, Evisabel; Gupta, Mahabir P. (2013). "Triterpenes and fatty acids from Discophora guianensis identified by GC–MS". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. Complete (50): 16–18. doi:10.1016/j.bse.2013.03.034. ISSN 0305-1978.