Karrabina

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Karrabina
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Karrabina benthamiana - buttressed roots, Wilson River, Australia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Cunoniaceae
Genus: Karrabina
Rozefelds & H.C.Hopkins

Karrabina is a genus of trees in the family Cunoniaceae. It is endemic to eastern Australia and includes two species: Karrabina benthamiana and Karrabina biagiana , [1] previously placed in the genus Geissois .

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References

  1. Hopkins, H.C.F.; Rozefelds, A.C.; Pillon Y. (2013), "Karrabina gen. nov (Cunoniaceae), for the Australian species previously placed in Geissois, and a synopsis of genera in the tribe Geissoieae", Australian Systematic Botany, 26 (3): 167‑85, doi:10.1071/sb12037