Lepidocupania

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Lepidocupania
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Subfamily: Sapindoideae
Tribe: Cupanieae
Genus: Lepidocupania
Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry (2020)
Species [1]

21; see text

Lepidocupania is a genus of flowering plants in family Sapindaceae. It contains 21 species native to the tropical west Pacific, including the Caroline Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoan Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu. [1]

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