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Abatia

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Abatia (syn. Raleighia Gardner) is a genus of about ten species of Central and South American trees in the family Salicaceae (following the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification). Previously, it was treated in the family Flacourtiaceae, or tribe Abatieae of the family Passifloraceae (Lemke 1988) or Samydaceae by G. Bentham & J.D. Hooker and Hutchinson.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalpighiales
  5. FamilySalicaceae
Observations recorded3,757

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
97
With media
47
Family
Salicaceae
Collections
CM, BRIT, USF, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), IPA/SP, MO
Recorded in
Ecuador, Peru, Brasil, Colombia, Bolivia, Mexico

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Salicaceae
Image
Abatia parviflora 33175956.jpg
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taxon name
Abatia
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Abatia
Commons category
Abatia
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Encyclopedic overview

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Abatia (syn. Raleighia Gardner) is a genus of about ten species of Central and South American trees in the family Salicaceae (following the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification). Previously, it was treated in the family Flacourtiaceae, or tribe Abatieae of the family Passifloraceae (Lemke 1988) or Samydaceae by G. Bentham & J.D. Hooker and Hutchinson.

Its native range stretches from Mexico to northern Argentina. It is also found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Peru.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abatia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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