Hecatostemon
Sign in to saveHecatostemon completus is a species of shrub or tree native to northeastern South America and is the only member of the genus Hecatostemon.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilySalicaceae
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Hecatostemon completus is a species of shrub or tree native to northeastern South America and is the only member of the genus Hecatostemon.
==Taxonomy== Formerly classified in the Flacourtiaceae, phylogenetic analyses based on DNA data indicate that this species, along with its close relatives in Casearia, Samyda, Laetia, and Zuelania, are better placed in a broadly circumscribed Salicaceae.
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