Symplocos

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Symplocos
Symplocos lucida SZ24.png
Plate by Philipp Franz von Siebold and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini
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Symplocos

Species

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Symplocos is a genus of flowering plants in the order Ericales. It contains about 300 species distributed in Asia and the Americas. Many species grow in humid tropical regions. This is sometimes considered to be the only genus in family Symplocaceae.[1] Plants in this family are shrubs and trees with white or yellow flowers.[2]

Selected species

  • var. montana – NE. Qld, Australia
  • var. stawellii – Australia

References

  1. Wang, Y., Fritsch, P. W., Shi, S., Almeda, F., Cruz, B. C., & Kelly, L. M. (2004). Phylogeny and infrageneric classification of Symplocos (Symplocaceae) inferred from DNA sequence data. American Journal of Botany, 91(11), 1901-1914.
  2. Symplocaceae. Flora of China.


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