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Lophanthera
Sign in to saveLophanthera is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Lophanthera comprises 5 species of shrubs and trees, all but one native to the Amazonian South America; the exception (L. hammelii) is from Costa Rica. Lophanthera lactescens has become popular in recent decades as a cultivated ornamental in many warm regions of the Old and New World. It is propagated by cuttings and seeds.
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Vinony's link graph records 1 inbound reference to Lophanthera, and connects out to South America, Costa Rica and plant.
It sits within the topics Malpighiaceae and Malpighiaceae genera.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyMalpighiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 83
- With media
- 36
- Family
- Malpighiaceae
- Collections
- ESALQ, UFMT, NY, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), UEFS, IAC
- Recorded in
- Brasil, Brazil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Malpighiaceae
- Image
- Lophanthera lactescens 1.jpg
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- taxon name
- Lophanthera
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- genus
- Commons category
- Lophanthera
- topic's main category
- Category:Lophanthera
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Encyclopedic overview
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Lophanthera is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Lophanthera comprises 5 species of shrubs and trees, all but one native to the Amazonian South America; the exception (L. hammelii) is from Costa Rica. Lophanthera lactescens has become popular in recent decades as a cultivated ornamental in many warm regions of the Old and New World. It is propagated by cuttings and seeds.
==External links== Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature Lophanthera
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lophanthera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.