Endocomia

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Endocomia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Myristicaceae
Genus: Endocomia
de Wilde

Endocomia is a genus of flowering trees in the family Myristicaceae with a distribution ranging from Indochina to New Guinea. [1] It is distinguished from the other Asian genera by its monoecious inflorescences which are unique in the mostly dioecious Myristicaceae. The only other place where monoecy is reported in the family is in a few Iryanthera species in South America.

Species

According to Kew's Plants of the World Online, there are four accepted species: [2]

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References

  1. "Endocomia W.J.de Wilde". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  2. "Endocomia W.J.de Wilde | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2018-08-02.