Phyllobotryon spathulatum | |
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Epiphyllous inflorescence of Phyllobotryon spathulatum Müll.Arg. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Salicaceae |
Genus: | Phyllobotryon |
Species: | P. spathulatum |
Binomial name | |
Phyllobotryon spathulatum Müll.Arg. | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Phyllobotryon spathulatum is a species of tree in the family Salicaceae native to Cameroon, Gabon, and Nigeria. [1]
The species grows to about 12 feet (3.7 m) in height. Its leaves are uncommonly large and grow to 40 inches (100 cm) long by 7 inches (18 cm) wide. It is especially noted for its flowers, which grow in several evenly-spaced clusters along the midrib of the leaves. [2] It is believed that an inflorescence has become fused to the midrib, as in the lindens (Tilia spp). The small red flowers are trimerous, with 3 sepals, 3 petals a pistil with 3 stigmata and about thirty stamens. [3]
It was published by Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1864. [4] [1] It is the type species of its genus. [5] [6]
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