Biology:Foetidia
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Short description: Genus of trees
| Foetidia | |
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| Foetidia mauritiana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Lecythidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Foetidioideae |
| Genus: | Foetidia Comm. ex Lam. |
Foetidia is a genus of flowering plants first described as a genus in 1788.[1][2]
Most authors place the genus in the family Lecythidaceae, the sole genus in the subfamily Foetidioideae, but some prefer to treat it as a distinct family, the Foetidiaceae.[3] It is native to eastern Africa and to various islands in the Indian Ocean.[4]
Species
Source:[4]
The wood of Foetidia mauritiana is one of several woods known as stinkwood because of its unpleasant smell.
References
- ↑ Commerson, Philibert, ex Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de. 1788. Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 2: 457 in French
- ↑ Tropicos, Foetidia Comm. ex Lam
- ↑ Foetidia (as Foetidiaceae) in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Geographic Names, Uzaramo District
Wikidata ☰ Q3074797 entry
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