Brassaiopsis acuminata

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Brassaiopsis acuminata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Brassaiopsis
Species:
B. acuminata
Binomial name
Brassaiopsis acuminata
H.L.Li

Brassaiopsis acuminata is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is endemic to China.

Plant multicellular eukaryote of the kingdom Plantae

Plants are mainly multicellular, predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, plants were treated as one of two kingdoms including all living things that were not animals, and all algae and fungi were treated as plants. However, all current definitions of Plantae exclude the fungi and some algae, as well as the prokaryotes. By one definition, plants form the clade Viridiplantae, a group that includes the flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms, ferns and their allies, hornworts, liverworts, mosses and the green algae, but excludes the red and brown algae.

Araliaceae family of plants

The Araliaceae is a family made of 52 genera and 700 species of flowering plants including perennial herbs, trees, vines and succulents. The family has large, usually alternate leaves, five-petaled flowers arranged in clusters, and berries. Some genera are used as foliage plants, such as Hedera (ivies).

Endemism ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location or habitat

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. The extreme opposite of endemism is cosmopolitan distribution. An alternative term for a species that is endemic is precinctive, which applies to species that are restricted to a defined geographical area.

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References

  1. China Plant Specialist Group 2004. Brassaiopsis acuminata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 August 2007.