Ophiocaryon

Ophiocaryon is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Sabiaceae found mainly in the Guayana Shield and Amazon basin in South America.^[1]

Ophiocaryon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Sabiaceae
Genus:	Ophiocaryon Endl.
Species
See text
Synonyms
Phoxanthus Benth.

Species

• Ophiocaryon neillii Aymard & Daly (Ecuador)
• Ophiocaryon klugii Barneby (Brazil, Colombia, Peru)
• Ophiocaryon heterophyllum (Benth.) Urban (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
• Ophiocaryon chironectes Barneby (Brazil-Guyana border
• Ophiocaryon duckei Barneby (Brazil, Peru
• Ophiocaryon paradoxum R. Schomburgk (Guyana)
• Ophiocaryon maguirei Barneby (Guyana)