title: Piranhea
text: # Piranhea
  
  Piranhea is a plant genus under the family Picrodendraceae described as a genus in 1866.
  
  Piranhea is native to South America and to Mexico.
  
  ## species
  
  * Piranhea longipedunculata Jabl. - Venezuela, N Brazil
  * Piranhea mexicana (Standl.) Radcl.-Sm. - Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa
  * Piranhea securinega Radcl.-Sm. & Ratter - Bahia, Goiás, Minas Gerais
  * Piranhea trifoliata Baill. - Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
  