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Endlicheria
Sign in to saveEndlicheria is a neotropical plant genus consisting of approximately 60 species, occurring mostly in northern South America and the Amazon region. Most species are medium-sized trees, sometime up to 40 metres in height, but a few species are shrubs. DNA molecular data shows that it is closely related to Rhodostemonodaphne and Ocotea.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 915
- With media
- 470
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Collections
- US, UNIVASF, F
- Recorded in
- Guyana, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Brasil, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
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- Endlicheria
- taxon name
- Endlicheria
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Endlicheria
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Endlicheria is a neotropical plant genus consisting of approximately 60 species, occurring mostly in northern South America and the Amazon region. Most species are medium-sized trees, sometime up to 40 metres in height, but a few species are shrubs. DNA molecular data shows that it is closely related to Rhodostemonodaphne and Ocotea.
This genus has many species of high commercial value to the wood industry.
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