Picramnia bullata

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Picramnia bullata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Picramniales
Family: Picramniaceae
Genus: Picramnia
Species:
P. bullata
Binomial name
Picramnia bullata

Picramnia bullata is a species of plant in the Picramniaceae family, [2] that is only known from its type specimen, which was collected from Loreto Province in Peru. [1] It grows naturally in Amazon basin rainforest. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Assessor: World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Picramnia bullata in IUCN 2011". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources . Retrieved August 1, 2011. Annotations: Needs updating — Habitat and Ecology: occurs in terra firme forest
  2. 1 2 Picramnia bullata was first described and published in Brittonia 42(3): 171–174. 1990. "Name - Picramnia bullata W.W.Thomas". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden . Retrieved August 1, 2011.