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Dinizia
Sign in to saveDinizia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It was believed to be monotypic until 2017, when Dinizia jueirana-facao was described. Dinizia is native to Brazil (North Region and Central-West Region), Guyana and Suriname. Both species are colossal forest trees.
Species
Genus
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- OrderTricladida
- FamilyUteriporidae
Use: Dinizia excelsa Ducke, (angelim vermelho, red angelim
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), NY, UEFS, UFMT, BRIT, VT
- Recorded in
- Brasil, Brazil, BolíVia, BréSil
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- Dinizia excelsa.jpg
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Dinizia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It was believed to be monotypic until 2017, when Dinizia jueirana-facao was described. Dinizia is native to Brazil (North Region and Central-West Region), Guyana and Suriname. Both species are colossal forest trees.
Fossilised leaves and fruit discovered in North America provide evidence of a Dinizia-like ancestor that first occurred in south-eastern North America during the Eocene epoch. The modern genus, however, is confined to South America, where it occurs in non-flooded parts of the Amazonian forests of Guyana, Suriname and seven states of North and Central-West Brazil.
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