| Gironniera | |
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| Gironniera subaequalis at Hùng Temple, Vietnam | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Cannabaceae |
| Genus: | Gironniera Gaudich. (1844) |
| Species [1] | |
6, see text | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Gironniera, is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Cannabaceae. It contains six species native to Indochina, southern China, Malesia, and Papuasia. [1]
Six species are accepted. [1]
† Gironniera carinata fossil seeds of the Chattian stage, Oligocene, are known from the Oberleichtersbach Formation in the Rhön Mountains, central Germany. [2]
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