Pibiria is a genus consisting of only one species, Pibiria flava. The genus is the only member of the subfamily Pibirioideae (Passifloraceae).
Pibiria flava
Pibiria flava, the sole member of
Pibiria, was identified, but unclassified, in 1993.
It is a woody subtropical bush with yellow flowers. DNA, morphology, and reproductive analysis suggests the species is closely related to
Passifloraceae, but divergent enough to justify a different subfamily.
The
type specimen was collected at Mabura Hill in central
Guyana.