Biology:Knema

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Short description: Genus of trees

Knema
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Botanical illustration of Knema glauca
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Myristicaceae
Genus: Knema
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Knema is a genus of plant in family Myristicaceae, mostly consisting of small-medium trees found in lowland tropical forests from south and northeast of India, Indochina, Malay Archipelago to near the tip of New Guinea. The highest diversity of species is in Borneo in west of Malesia.[1]:2, 4, 222

Species

Species includes the following:[2][3]


References

  1. de Wilde, W. J. J. O. (1994). "Myristicaceae". Flora Malesiana 14 (1): 1–632. https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/532646. 
  2. "Knema Lour.". World Flora Consortium. 2023. http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000020090. 
  3. "Knema Lour.". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:27239-1#children. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6421947 entry