Sacoglottis

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Sacoglottis
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Sacoglottis mattogrossensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Humiriaceae
Genus: Sacoglottis
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Sacoglottis is a genus of plant in family Humiriaceae. It includes several species of trees, native to tropical South America and West Africa. [1]

Species

(this list may be incomplete)

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References

  1. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2016). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology (5 Volume Set). CRC Press. p. 3288. ISBN   978-1-4822-5064-0 . Retrieved 23 March 2020.