Biology:Planchonella myrsinifolia

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Short description: Species of tree

Planchonella myrsinifolia
Pouteria myrsinifolia Coffs.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Planchonella
Species:
P. myrsinifolia
Binomial name
Planchonella myrsinifolia
(F.Muell.) Swenson, Bartish & Munzinger (2007)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Pouteria myrsinifolia (F.Muell.) Jessup (2001)
  • Sersalisia myrsinifolia F.Muell. (1866)

Planchonella myrsinifolia is a tree in the plant family Sapotaceae. It is native to Australia, with subspecies myrsinifolia native to Queensland and New South Wales on the Australian mainland, and subspecies howeana is endemic to Lord Howe Island.[1]

The specific epithet myrsinifolia refers to a similarity of the leaves of certain plants in the genus Myrsine.

References

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