Biology:Fraunhofera

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Short description: Genus of Celastraceae plants

Fraunhofera
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Fraunhofera
Mart.[1]
Species:
F. multiflora
Binomial name
Fraunhofera multiflora
Mart.

Fraunhofera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. It has only one species, Fraunhofera multiflora, called pau branco, which is a Brazilian endemic.[2][3] Found in deciduous forests of Brazil, they are little-studied shrubs or trees, and only immature fruit have ever been observed.[4]

References

  1. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 3(2): 85, t. 235 (1831)
  2. "Fraunhofera". The Plant List. http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Celastraceae/Fraunhofera. 
  3. Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (21 September 2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. p. 257. ISBN 9780123969545. 
  4. Kubitzki, Klaus (11 November 2013). Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. Springer. p. 46. ISBN 9783662072578. 

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