Phainantha

Phainantha is a small genus of herbaceous climbers restricted to South America. It is a disjunct genus containing five species,^[1] four of which are found in the Guyana Shield tepuyes region while the fifth is endemic to the Cordillera del Condor in Ecuador.^[2]

Phainantha
Phainantha shuariorum in the Cordillera del Condor.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Melastomataceae
Genus:	Phainantha Gleason

Species

• Phainantha laxiflora (Triana) Gleason
• Phainantha maguirei Wurdack
• Phainantha myrteoloides Wurdack
• Phainantha shuariorum C.Ulloa & D.A.Neill
• Phainantha steyermarkii Wurdack