| Fridericia | |
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| Fridericia dichotoma (also known as Arrabidaea corallina), a vine from the Rio Hollin area of Ecuador | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Tribe: | Bignonieae |
| Genus: | Fridericia Mart. (1827) [1] |
| Species | |
Many; see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Fridericia is a genus of plants in the family Bignoniaceae.
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