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Heliciopsis is a genus of about fourteen species of trees, constituting part of the flowering plant family Proteaceae. They grow naturally in Myanmar, Indo-China, China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java (Indonesia) and the Philippines. The name means similar to the plant genus Helicia. Its closest relatives are Athertonia (Australia) and Virotia (New Caledonia).

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderProteales
  5. FamilyProteaceae
Native toBorneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
54
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45
Family
Proteaceae
Collections
NY, SRP
Recorded in
Indonesia, Malaysia/Sarawak, Brunei, Malaysia/Sabah, Malaysia/Malaya, Malaysia

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Heliciopsis is a genus of about fourteen species of trees, constituting part of the flowering plant family Proteaceae. They grow naturally in Myanmar, Indo-China, China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java (Indonesia) and the Philippines. The name means similar to the plant genus Helicia. Its closest relatives are Athertonia (Australia) and Virotia (New Caledonia).

==Species== It includes the following species: Heliciopsis artocarpoides Heliciopsis cockburnii Heliciopsis henryi Heliciopsis incisa Heliciopsis lanceolata Heliciopsis litseifolia Heliciopsis lobata Heliciopsis mahmudii Heliciopsis montana Heliciopsis percoriacea Heliciopsis rufidula Heliciopsis terminalis Heliciopsis velutina Heliciopsis whitmorei

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