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Lindleya
Sign in to saveLindleya is a genus of Mexican evergreen trees of the family Rosaceae, tribe Maleae. The sole species, Lindleya mespiloides, grows to a height of and bears solitary white fragrant flowers in summer. The fruit are dry dehiscent capsules.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyRosaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 15
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Collections
- INECOL, IBUNAM, MICH, BRIT, VT
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lindleyinae
- Image
- Lindleya mespiloides.png
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- Lindleya
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- taxonomic type
- Lindleya mespiloides
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Lindleya is a genus of Mexican evergreen trees of the family Rosaceae, tribe Maleae. The sole species, Lindleya mespiloides, grows to a height of and bears solitary white fragrant flowers in summer. The fruit are dry dehiscent capsules.
==Taxonomic history== Lindleya, along with Vauquelinia and Kageneckia were formerly placed in family Quillajaceae. It shares a base chromosome number of 17 with the pome-fruited members of tribe Maleae within the Rosaceae. thumb|centre
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