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Pseudolmedia
Sign in to savePseudolmedia is a flowering plant genus in the mulberry family (Moraceae). Species are found in southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and Meso- and South America. They are known in Latin America as lechechiva (approximately "goat's milk tree") and used for timber, construction wood, and sometimes in folk medicine.
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Vinony's link graph records 39 inbound references to Pseudolmedia, and connects out to type, Mexico and South America.
It is catalogued under topics including Flora of the Neotropical realm, Moraceae genera and Pseudolmedia.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyMoraceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 275
- With media
- 111
- Family
- Moraceae
- Collections
- UACH, IBUNAM, CENARGEN, CAS, DAV, NY
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Belice, Brasil, Ecuador, ColôMbia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Castilleae
- Image
- Lechudo (pseudolmedia osyphyllaria).jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Pseudolmedia
- taxon name
- Pseudolmedia
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- pseudolmedia
- Commons category
- Pseudolmedia
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Encyclopedic overview
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Pseudolmedia is a flowering plant genus in the mulberry family (Moraceae). Species are found in southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and Meso- and South America. They are known in Latin America as lechechiva (approximately "goat's milk tree") and used for timber, construction wood, and sometimes in folk medicine.
==Species== 11 species are accepted. Pseudolmedia boliviana Pseudolmedia gentryi C.C.Berg Pseudolmedia glabrata (Liebm.) C.C.Berg, called cherry Pseudolmedia hirtula Kuhlm. Pseudolmedia laevigata Trécul Pseudolmedia laevis (Ruiz & Pav.) J.F.Macbr. (synonym Pseudolmedia ferruginea (Poepp. & Endl.) Trécul (type) *) Pseudolmedia macrophylla Trécul Pseudolmedia manabiensis C.C.Berg Pseudolmedia mollis Standl. Pseudolmedia rigida (Klotzsch & H.Karst.) Cuatrec. Pseudolmedia spuria (Sw.) Griseb. (synonym Pseudolmedia havanensis Trécul (type) *) Note: Despite having been designated as types for this genus, The Plant List and Plants of the World Online consider P. ferruginea to be a synonym of P. laevis; and P. havanensis to be a synonym of P. spuria.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pseudolmedia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.