Alexa is a genus of flowering plants. It includes ten species which are native to Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil in northern South America. Members of this genus accumulate iminosugars in their leaves.
Species Ten species are accepted: Alexa bauhiniiflora Ducke - southern Venezuela (Amazonas) and northern Brazil (Amazonas) Alexa canaracunensis Pittier – southern Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil Alexa confusa Pittier – southern Venezuela and northern Brazil (Roraima) Tinajilo (Alexa cowanii) Yakovlev – eastern Venezuela and Guyana Melancieira (Alexa grandiflora) Ducke – northern Brazil Chigo (Alexa herminiana) N. Ramírez – southern Venezuela (Amazonas) Alexa imperatricis (R.H. Schomb.) Baill. – Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil Alexa leiopetala Sandwith – Guyana Haiarballi (Alexa surinamensis) Yakovlev – Guyana and Suriname Alexa wachenheimii Benoist – Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana
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