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Duboscia
Sign in to saveDuboscia is a small plant genus, with two species, in the family Malvaceae. The genus occurs in western and west-central tropical Africa from Guinea to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The genus was previously in the Tiliaceae, under the APG classification it is now placed in the Malvaceae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalvales
- FamilyMalvaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 40
- With media
- 34
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Collections
- MO, ANSP, NY, MNHN, GH, K
- Recorded in
- Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Liberia, Cameroon, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Grewioideae
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- taxon name
- Duboscia
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- genus
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Duboscia is a small plant genus, with two species, in the family Malvaceae. The genus occurs in western and west-central tropical Africa from Guinea to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The genus was previously in the Tiliaceae, under the APG classification it is now placed in the Malvaceae.
The genus was first described by Henri Théophile Bocquillon in 1866.
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