Guacamaya is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1931.Maguire, Bassett 1935. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 10(1): 35-36
The only known species is Guacamaya superba, native to the Río Guainía region along the border of Colombia (Vaupés and Guainía) and Venezuela (Amazonas).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesHokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
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