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Noronhia
Sign in to saveNoronhia is a genus of 40 known species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, all but one native to Madagascar, the remaining species native to the Comoros Islands north of Madagascar. A few have become naturalized in Mauritius, Réunion, and Bermuda.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyOleaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 429
- With media
- 274
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Collections
- CAS, MO
- Recorded in
- Madagascar, Tanzania
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Noronhia is a genus of 40 known species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, all but one native to Madagascar, the remaining species native to the Comoros Islands north of Madagascar. A few have become naturalized in Mauritius, Réunion, and Bermuda.
The species are deciduous or evergreen trees.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Noronhia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.