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Tovomita
Sign in to saveTovomita is a genus of flowering plants in the family Clusiaceae. They are noted for having white-yellow latex and containing xanthones. The genus is distributed in the tropical Americas, with many occurring in Venezuela. Most are native to the forests of the Amazon.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyClusiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,570
- With media
- 984
- Family
- Clusiaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, USF, US, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), UNIVASF, BAYLU
- Recorded in
- Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Costa Rica, Guyana, Panama, Guatemala, Brasil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
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- Parent taxon
- Clusiaceae
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- Tovomita choisyana Planch. & Triana (15777731642).jpg
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Tovomita is a genus of flowering plants in the family Clusiaceae. They are noted for having white-yellow latex and containing xanthones. The genus is distributed in the tropical Americas, with many occurring in Venezuela. Most are native to the forests of the Amazon.
Most Tovomita species are trees, and a few are shrubs. They sometimes have buttress roots. There are monoecious and dioecious species.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tovomita” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.