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Filicium
Sign in to saveFilicium is a genus of flowering plants in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native to east Africa, Madagascar, India and Sri Lanka. The best known species is Filicium decipiens, which is planted as an ornamental tree.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSapindales
- FamilySapindaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 39
- With media
- 22
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Collections
- MO, JBRJ, CAS, BPBM, MNHN, UFMG
- Recorded in
- Madagascar, Brasil, United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Indonesia
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Filicium is a genus of flowering plants in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native to east Africa, Madagascar, India and Sri Lanka. The best known species is Filicium decipiens, which is planted as an ornamental tree.
==Species== Three species are currently accepted. Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites Filicium longifolium (H.Perrier) Capuron Filicium thouarsianum (DC.) Capuron
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