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Vismia

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Vismia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae. Members of the genus are small trees and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical areas of Central America and South America. Including the countries of Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago and Venezuela.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalpighiales
  5. FamilyHypericaceae
Observations recorded48,087

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
4,030
With media
1,185
Family
Hypericaceae
Collections
INECOL, CICY, UJAT, NY, IBUNAM, CMN
Recorded in
Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Canada, Guatemala, Panama

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Encyclopedic overview

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Vismia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae. Members of the genus are small trees and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical areas of Central America and South America. Including the countries of Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago and Venezuela.

Like many members of the Hypericaceae, these plants contain xanthonoids.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vismia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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