Biology:Pourouma
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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| Pourouma guianensis leaf | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Urticaceae |
| Tribe: | Cecropieae |
| Genus: | Pourouma Aubl. |
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Pourouma is a genus of at least 20–25 species of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae, or alternately, the Cecropiaceae, native to tropical regions of Central and South America.[1][2]
The species are trees growing to 20 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, palmately veined, with an entire margin. They are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate trees. The fruit is fleshy.[2]
- Selected species
- Pourouma bicolor
- Pourouma bolivarensis[3]
- Pourouma cecropiifolia — Amazon grape, mapati
- Pourouma cordata[4]
- Pourouma montana[4]
- Pourouma napoensis[5]
- Pourouma oraria
- Pourouma petiolulata
- Pourouma saulensis[3]
- Pourouma stipulacea[3]
References
- ↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Pourouma
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN:0-333-47494-5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Berg, C.C.; Kooy., F. (1982). "Three new species of Pourouma (Cecropiaceae) of the Guiana region". Brittonia 34 (1): 36–41. doi:10.2307/2806398.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Berg, C.C. (2004). "Two new species of Pourouma (Cecropiaceae) from South America". Brittonia 56 (3): 255–9. doi:10.1663/0007-196x(2004)056[0255:tnsopc2.0.co;2].
- ↑ Berg, C.C. (1990). "New species of Coussapoa and Pourouma (Cecropiaceae)". Brittonia 42 (1): 59–65. doi:10.2307/2807030.
Wikidata ☰ Q7235727 entry
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