Piranhea is a plant genus under the family Picrodendraceae described as a genus in 1866.Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1866. Adansonia 6: 235-238 in FrenchTropicos, Piranhea Baill.
Piranhea is native to South America and to Mexico.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
species Piranhea longipedunculata Jabl. - Venezuela, N Brazil Piranhea mexicana (Standl.) Radcl.-Sm. - Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa Piranhea securinega Radcl.-Sm. & Ratter - Bahia, Goiás, Minas Gerais Piranhea trifoliata Baill. - Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
See also Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae
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