Balsamocitrus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Subfamily: | Aurantioideae |
Genus: | Balsamocitrus Stapf |
Balsamocitrus is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. It is native to Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Guinea, Republic of the Congo, and Uganda. [1]
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Otto Stapf FRS was an Austrian born botanist and taxonomist, the son of Joseph Stapf, who worked in the Hallstatt salt-mines. He grew up in Hallstatt and later published about the archaeological plant remains from the Late Bronze- and Iron Age mines that had been uncovered by his father.
Moritz Kurt Dinter was a German botanist and explorer in South West Africa.
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