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Abatia
Sign in to saveAbatia (syn. Raleighia Gardner) is a genus of about ten species of Central and South American trees in the family Salicaceae (following the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification). Previously, it was treated in the family Flacourtiaceae, or tribe Abatieae of the family Passifloraceae (Lemke 1988) or Samydaceae by G. Bentham & J.D. Hooker and Hutchinson.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilySalicaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 97
- With media
- 47
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Collections
- CM, BRIT, USF, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), IPA/SP, MO
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, Peru, Brasil, Colombia, Bolivia, Mexico
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Abatia (syn. Raleighia Gardner) is a genus of about ten species of Central and South American trees in the family Salicaceae (following the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification). Previously, it was treated in the family Flacourtiaceae, or tribe Abatieae of the family Passifloraceae (Lemke 1988) or Samydaceae by G. Bentham & J.D. Hooker and Hutchinson.
Its native range stretches from Mexico to northern Argentina. It is also found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Peru.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abatia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.