PUBLISHED IN: Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3: 772. 1881.

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BASIONYM: Bryonia tayuya Vell., Florae Fluminensis 10, t. 89. 1825.

SYNONYMY: Trianosperma piauhiensis (Cogn.) Cogn., Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3: 770. 1881. Type: Brazil, Martius s.n., May (M). Basionym: Trianosperma piauhiensis Cogn., Flora Brasiliensis 6(4): 83. 1878.
     Cayaponia piauhiensis (Cogn.) Cogn.

INFRASPECIFIC TAXA: Cayaponia tayuya var. pallida Cogn. Type: Brazil, Salzmann s.n., no date (G).

VERNACULAR NAME: taiuia

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DISTRIBUTION: Brazil, Ecuador.

ECOLOGY: Amazonian, 55–1000 m.

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LITERATURE: Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi . 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
     Foster, R. C. 1958. A catalogue of the ferns and flowering plants of Bolivia. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University. 184: 1–223.
     Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez (eds.). 1999. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 75: i–viii, 1–1182.

INTERNET: Taiuia—Corn rootworms, just can't get enough. April 1999. Agricultural Research magazine.