Hasseltiopsis
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Genus: | Hasseltiopsis |
Species: | H. dioica
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Hasseltiopsis dioica (Benth.) Sleumer
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Hasseltiopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the willow family, Salicaceae. It consists of one species of trees: Hasseltiopsis dioica, which is native to Central America. Formerly placed in the heterogeneous family Flacourtiaceae,[1] Hasseltiopsis is now classified in Salicaceae,[2] along with close relatives Prockia, Pineda, Neosprucea, and Banara.[3]
References
- ^ Sleumer, H.O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Flora Neotropica 22: 1-499.
- ^ Chase, Mark W.; S. Zmarzty; M.D. Lledó; K.J. Wurdack; S.M. Swensen; M.F. Fay (2002). "When in doubt, put it in Flacourtiaceae: a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on plastid rbcL DNA sequences". Kew Bulletin. 57 (1): 141–181. doi:10.2307/4110825. JSTOR 4110825.
- ^ Alford, M.H. 2008. Revision of Neosprucea (Salicaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 85: 1-62.
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