Leoheo

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Leoheo
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Subfamily: Malmeoideae
Tribe: Monocarpieae
Genus: Leoheo
Chaowasku (2018)
Species:
L. domatiophorus
Binomial name
Leoheo domatiophorus
Chaowasku, D.T.Ngo & Hung T.Le (2018)

Leoheo domatiophorus is a species of flowering plant in the family Annonaceae. It is the sole species in genus Leoheo. [1] It is a medium-sized to large evergreen tree endemic to Vietnam. It grows 15 to 25 meters tall, and occasionally to 30 meters. It flowers in March and fruits in July. The genus name is derived from "Lèo Heo" the local Vietnamese name of the plant. [2]

The genus and species were first described in 2018. A phylogenetic analysis placed the plant in the tribe Monocarpieae, as a sister to genus Monocarpia . The genus is distinguished from Monocarpia by the absence of intramarginal leaf veins and axillary inflorescences. [2]

It is native to lowland evergreen rainforest in Nam Đông in A Luoi districts of Thua Thien-Hue Province, and in adjacent Quang Tri and Quang Nam provinces, where it typically grows at the edges of primary and secondary forests. [2]

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References

  1. Leoheo domatiophorus Chaowasku, D.T.Ngo & Hung T.Le. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Chaowasku, T., A. Damthongdee, H. Jongsook, D.T. Ngo, H.T. Le, D.M. Tran & S. Suddee (2018). Enlarging the monotypic Monocarpieae (Annonaceae, Malmeoideae): recognition of a second genus from Vietnam informed by morphology and molecular phylogenetics. Candollea 73: 261–275. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15553/c2018v732a11