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Duabanga

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Duabanga is a small genus of lowland evergreen rainforest trees in southeast Asia, with two or three species. Duabanga was traditionally included in the ditypic family Sonneratiaceae, but it is now classified in its own monotypic subfamily Duabangoideae of the Lythraceae. The genus name was given by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton based on a local name, duyabangga, in use in Tripura.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMyrtales
  5. FamilyLythraceae
Native toAndaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya
Observations recorded1,858

General: Duabanga can be recognised by its large, almost sessile

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
63
With media
55
Family
Lythraceae
Collections
A, MO, BRIT, CAS, JBB, US
Recorded in
Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia/Sabah

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Lythraceae
Image
Duabanga sonneratioides.jpg
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taxon name
Duabanga
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Duabanga
Commons category
Duabanga
taxon common name
八宝树属
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Duabanga is a small genus of lowland evergreen rainforest trees in southeast Asia, with two or three species. Duabanga was traditionally included in the ditypic family Sonneratiaceae, but it is now classified in its own monotypic subfamily Duabangoideae of the Lythraceae. The genus name was given by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton based on a local name, duyabangga, in use in Tripura.

A fossil from the Deccan Traps of Kutch has been placed in the genus Duabangoxylon and is considered to be closely related to extant Duabanga species.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Duabanga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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