Biology:Virola carinata

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Short description: Species of tree

Virola carinata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Myristicaceae
Genus: Virola
Species:
V. carinata
Binomial name
Virola carinata
(Benth.) Warb.[1][2][3][4]

Virola carinata is a New World, tropical evergreen tree in the family Myristicaceae that is indigenous to Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil (Amazonas and Rondônia). It grows to a height of about 30m and its fruit is subglobular, 16–20 mm long and 17–19 mm in diameter, found in groups of 4 to 12.[3]

Embryo of V. carinata

See also

  • Psychedelic plants

References

  1. This binomial authority comes from the ARS-GRIN.gov reference; however the references for plantes-botanique.be and IPNI.org credit the authorities as "(Spruce ex Benth.) Warb." and "Warb.", respectively.
  2. {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Virola carinata | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = October 11, 2009 }}
  3. 3.0 3.1 Morlhon, Philippe. "Plantes et botanique :: Virola carinata" (in French). www.plantes-botanique.be. http://www.plantes-botanique.be/e1-Myristicaceae-Virola-carinata. Retrieved 2008-04-30. 
  4. "Plant Name Details for Virola carinata". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=267142-2&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditSimplePlantNameSearch.do%3Ffind_wholeName%3DVirola%2Bcarinata%26output_format%3Dnormal. Retrieved October 11, 2009. 

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