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Knema

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Knema is a genus of plant in family Myristicaceae, mostly consisting of small-medium trees found in lowland tropical forests from south and northeast of India, Indochina, Malay Archipelago to near the tip of New Guinea. The highest diversity of species is in Borneo in west of Malesia.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMagnoliales
  5. FamilyMyristicaceae
Native toAndaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya

General: by an entire aril. As in many species of Knema, the New Guinea species

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
438
With media
405
Family
Myristicaceae
Collections
MICH, US, BRIT, A, ASU, RSA
Recorded in
Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Myristicaceae
Image
Knema globularia in Thailand.jpg
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taxon name
Knema
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Knema
Commons category
Knema
taxon common name
争光木属
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Encyclopedic overview

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Knema is a genus of plant in family Myristicaceae, mostly consisting of small-medium trees found in lowland tropical forests from south and northeast of India, Indochina, Malay Archipelago to near the tip of New Guinea. The highest diversity of species is in Borneo in west of Malesia.

== Species == Species includes the following:

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