Biology:Quiina macrophylla

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Quiina macrophylla
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Ochnaceae
Genus: Quiina
Species:
Q. macrophylla
Binomial name
Quiina macrophylla
Tul.
Synonyms[2]
  • Lacunaria spruceana (Engl.) Pires
  • Quiina schippii Standl.
  • Quiina spruceana Engl.

Quiina macrophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Ochnaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Belize and Honduras through Central America and northern South America to Bolivia and northern Brazil,[2] where it grows in lowland tropical rain forest.[1] It used for medicine and for food.[2]

The species was first described by Edmond Tulasne in 1849.[2] The homonym Quiina macrophylla Ule is a synonym of Quiina ulei.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15375053 entry