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Syncarpia
Sign in to saveSyncarpia is a small group of trees in the myrtle family (Myrtaceae) described as a genus in 1839. They are native to Queensland and New South Wales in Australia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMyrtales
- FamilyMyrtaceae
Common Name: booreea
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 37
- With media
- 15
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Collections
- A, MEL, BPBM, USP-IB, MNHN, RSA
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Australia, French Polynesia, Brasil, Madagascar
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Syncarpia is a small group of trees in the myrtle family (Myrtaceae) described as a genus in 1839. They are native to Queensland and New South Wales in Australia.
They are unusual among the Myrtaceae in that the leaves are opposite rather than alternate as is the norm for the family.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Syncarpia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.