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Compsoneura
Sign in to saveCompsoneura is a genus comprising 23 species of trees found in tropical lowland forests of the New World. It can be distinguished from other Neotropical Myristicaceae by its conspicuous parallel tertiary venation that is nearly perpendicular to the costa.
Species
FamilyMyristicaceae
Native toBelize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 211
- With media
- 94
- Family
- Myristicaceae
- Collections
- US, IBUNAM, MO, A
- Recorded in
- Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Myristicaceae
- Image
- Compsoneura excelsa.jpg
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- Commons category
- Compsoneura
- taxon name
- Compsoneura
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Compsoneura
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Compsoneura is a genus comprising 23 species of trees found in tropical lowland forests of the New World. It can be distinguished from other Neotropical Myristicaceae by its conspicuous parallel tertiary venation that is nearly perpendicular to the costa.
== References ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Compsoneura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.