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Osmelia
Sign in to saveOsmelia is a genus of flowering plants in the willow family, Salicaceae. Osmelia includes four species of trees native to Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. Osmelia is closely related to the monotypic Pseudosmelia of Morotai and Halmahera of the Indonesian Maluku Islands and to the monotypic Ophiobotrys from west and west-central tropical Africa.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilySalicaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 30
- With media
- 29
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Collections
- CAS, BRIT, MICH, NY, BPBM, JBRJ
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia/Sabah, Vietnam, Singapura
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Salicaceae
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- taxon name
- Osmelia
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- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
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- List of species
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Osmelia is a genus of flowering plants in the willow family, Salicaceae. Osmelia includes four species of trees native to Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. Osmelia is closely related to the monotypic Pseudosmelia of Morotai and Halmahera of the Indonesian Maluku Islands and to the monotypic Ophiobotrys from west and west-central tropical Africa.
==List of species== Osmelia gardneri Thwaites Osmelia grandistipulata Slooten Osmelia maingayi King Osmelia philippina (Turcz.) Benth.
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