Linostoma (plant)

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Linostoma
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Linostoma
Wall. ex Endl. (1837)
Synonyms [1]

PsilaeaMiq. (1861)

Linostoma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae. [1]

Contents

Its native range is Assam to Southeastern China and Western Malesia. [1]

Species

Four species are accepted. [1]

Uses

In Khe Nghè Village in northeastern Bắc Ninh province, Vietnam, artisans belonging to the Cao Lan ethnic group harvest phloem fibers from the species Linostoma persimile for making paper. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Linostoma Wall. ex Endl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Ojascastro, J., Pham, V. Y., Trần H. N., & Hart, R. E. (2024). Hand Papermaking Traditions of Việt Nam. Society of Ethnobiobiology. https://ethnobiology.org/publications/contributions/hand-papermaking-traditions-viet-nam
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