Cossinia
Sign in to saveCossinia is a genus of four species of rainforest trees, constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae. The genus has a disjunct distribution, occurring in Mascarene Islands, Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSapindales
- FamilySapindaceae
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- Specimen records
- 1
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- 1
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Collections
- MEL
- Recorded in
- New Caledonia
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Cossinia is a genus of four species of rainforest trees, constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae. The genus has a disjunct distribution, occurring in Mascarene Islands, Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji.
They grow naturally in rainforests, including seasonally drought–prone rainforests, and associated non–fire–adapted vegetation types.
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