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Aphloia
Sign in to saveAphloia is a genus of flowering plants that contains a single species, Aphloia theiformis, the sole species of the monogeneric family Aphloiaceae. It is a species of evergreen shrubs or small trees occurring in East Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands and the Seychelles.
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Vinony's link graph records 440 inbound references to Aphloia, and connects out to Asterids, Vitaceae and Rosids.
It is catalogued under topics including Crossosomatales, Flora of Madagascar and Flora of Seychelles.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCrossosomatales
- FamilyAphloiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 149
- With media
- 129
- Family
- Aphloiaceae
- Collections
- CAS, MO
- Recorded in
- Madagascar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Aphloiaceae
- Image
- Aphloia theiformis 1DS-II 8664.jpg
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- taxon name
- Aphloia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Aphloia
- Commons category
- Aphloia
- taxon common name
- albinoberries
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Description
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Aphloia is a genus of flowering plants that contains a single species, Aphloia theiformis, the sole species of the monogeneric family Aphloiaceae. It is a species of evergreen shrubs or small trees occurring in East Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands and the Seychelles.
== Taxonomy == The genus Aphloia was described by John Joseph Bennett in 1840 and included in Flacourtiaceae, where most authors continued to include it until Armen Takhtajan recognized its misplacement and created the new family Aphloiaceae in Violales to accommodate it. In 2003 the APG II system included Aphloiaceae in the Rosids without specifying an order. Matthews & Endress (2005) and Stevens (2006) include the family in an enlarged order Crossosomatales. The APG III system of 2009 followed suit and includes Aphloiaceae within the Crossosomatales.
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