Compsoneura

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Compsoneura
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Compsoneura excelsa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Myristicaceae
Genus: Compsoneura
(A.DC.) Warb.
Type species
Compsoneura sprucei
(A.DC.) Warb.

Compsoneura is a genus comprising 23 species of trees found in tropical lowland forests of the New World. [1] [2] It can be distinguished from other Neotropical Myristicaceae by its conspicuous parallel tertiary venation that is nearly perpendicular to the costa.

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References

  1. Compsoneura Warb. in GBIF Secretariat (2017). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-07-02.
  2. Tropicos, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden - http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=compsoneura