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Eupomatia
Sign in to saveEupomatia is a genus of three species of plants in the ancient family Eupomatiaceae, and is the sole genus in the family. Eupomatiaceae is recognised by most taxonomists and classified in the plant order Magnoliales. The three described species are shrubs or small trees, native to the rainforests and humid eucalypt forests of eastern Australia and New Guinea. The type species Eupomatia laurina was described in 1814 by Robert Brown.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMagnoliales
- FamilyEupomatiaceae
General: : Eupomatia laurina R.Br.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 30
- With media
- 30
- Family
- Eupomatiaceae
- Collections
- US, A, RSA, MEL, MNHN, VT
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Systematics
- Species
- Ecology
- Phytochemistry
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Eupomatia is a genus of three species of plants in the ancient family Eupomatiaceae, and is the sole genus in the family. Eupomatiaceae is recognised by most taxonomists and classified in the plant order Magnoliales. The three described species are shrubs or small trees, native to the rainforests and humid eucalypt forests of eastern Australia and New Guinea. The type species Eupomatia laurina was described in 1814 by Robert Brown.
== Description == Plants of this family are evergreen shrubs or small trees. The leaves are simple and alternate, without hairs or stipules, and may be distichous or spirally arranged. Leaf blades are somewhat leathery, with pinnate venation (with a midrib and pairs of veins branching off on either side) and entire (not toothed) margins. Tertiary venation is reticulate, i.e. net-like.
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