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Crossostylis
Sign in to saveCrossostylis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhizophoraceae. With a distribution spanning the South Pacific, it consists of 12 species of shrubs and trees that reside in tropical environments. The genus was first described by Johann Reinhold Forster and Georg Forster in 1776, and its type species is Crossostylis biflora.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyRhizophoraceae
General: Crossostylis has a Pacific-centered distribution and has
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 84
- With media
- 28
- Family
- Rhizophoraceae
- Collections
- RSA, GH, BPBM, NY
- Recorded in
- New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Rhizophoraceae
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- Crossostylis
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Crossostylis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhizophoraceae. With a distribution spanning the South Pacific, it consists of 12 species of shrubs and trees that reside in tropical environments. The genus was first described by Johann Reinhold Forster and Georg Forster in 1776, and its type species is Crossostylis biflora.
==Species== The following list presents its 12 accepted species : Crossostylis biflora Crossostylis cominsii Crossostylis dimera Crossostylis grandiflora Crossostylis harveyi Crossostylis multiflora Crossostylis parksii Crossostylis pedunculata Crossostylis raiateensis Crossostylis richii Crossostylis sebertii Crossostylis seemannii
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