Weinmannia

Weinmannia is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cunoniaceae. It contains 90 species, which range from Mexico through Central and South America including the Caribbean, and to the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius and Réunion) in the western Indian Ocean. It is absent from mainland Africa and Australia, but some fossils have been attributed to Weinmannia in Australia.

In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, Weinmannia is referenced by 44 other articles, and connects out to plant, Carl Linnaeus and New Caledonia.

Vinony files it under Flora of the Mascarene Islands, Flora of the Neotropical realm and Oxalidales genera.

Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Parent taxon: Cunoniaceae
Named after: Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Image: Weinmannia tinctoria flowers.JPG

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taxon name: Weinmannia
taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Weinmannia
topic's main category: Category:Weinmannia
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=12796
taxon common name: weinmannia

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Leaves are simple or pinnate, with a margin usually toothed, and interpetiolar stipules. Flowers are bisexual, white, arranged in racemes. The fruit is a capsule opening vertically from the top to the base. Seeds hairy without wings.

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