Compsoneura

Compsoneura
	Compsoneura excelsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Myristicaceae
Genus:	Compsoneura; (A.DC.) Warb.
Type species
	Compsoneura sprucei; (A.DC.) Warb.

Compsoneura is a genus comprising 23 species of trees found in tropical lowland forests of the New World.^[1]^[2] It can be distinguished from other Neotropical Myristicaceae by its conspicuous parallel tertiary venation that is nearly perpendicular to the costa.

References

^ Compsoneura Warb. in GBIF Secretariat (2017). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-07-02.
^ Tropicos, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden - http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=compsoneura

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[1] Compsoneura Warb. in GBIF Secretariat (2017). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-07-02.

[2] Tropicos, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden - http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=compsoneura

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