Pleurothyrium

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Pleurothyrium
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Pleurothyrium
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Pleurothyrium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae. Many of the species were first described in a 1993 revision of the genus. [1]

Species include: [2]

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References

  1. van der Werff, H. (1993). A revision of the genus Pleurothyrium (Lauraceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 39-118.
  2. Pleurothyrium. The Plant List.