Biology:Mosquitoxylum

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Short description: Genus of trees

Mosquitoxylum
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Mosquitoxylum jamaicense in Chiapas, Mexico
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Subfamily: Anacardioideae
Genus: Mosquitoxylum
Krug & Urb.[3]
Species:
M. jamaicense
Binomial name
Mosquitoxylum jamaicense
Krug & Urb.[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Mosquitoxylum jamaicense var. panamense F.A.Barkley & M.J.Reed

Mosquitoxylum is a monotypic genus of trees in the subfamily Anacardioideae of the family Anacardiaceae. It contains the single species Mosquitoxylum jamaicense, native to an area from southern Mexico to Ecuador and also to Jamaica.[1][4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI); IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Mosquitoxylum jamaicense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T146776460A146776462. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/146776460/146776462. Retrieved 6 January 2024. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Mosquitoxylum jamaicense" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/164514-2. 
  3. "Mosquitoxylum" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/295070-2. 
  4. "Mosquitoxylum". Anacardiaceae and Burseraceae molecular systematics and taxonomic research. anacardiaceae.org. http://www.anacardiaceae.org/anacardiaceae/a-genera/mosquitoxylum/. Retrieved 26 July 2015. 

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