Biology:Billia
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Billia | |
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| Billia rosea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Subfamily: | Hippocastanoideae |
| Genus: | Billia Peyr. |
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Billia hippocastanum | |
Billia is a genus of trees in the family Sapindaceae and native to the Americas, from central Mexico to Ecuador. The wood is used in carpentry.[1]
Species
The following species are recognized:[2]
- Billia hippocastanum
- Billia rosea
References
- ↑ Carmen Ulloa Ulloa and Peter Møller Jørgensen (2004). "Billia Peyr.". Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=201&taxon_id=103950. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ↑ "Billia — The Plant List" (in en). http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Sapindaceae/Billia/.
Further reading
- Forest, Féli×; Drouin, Josée Nadia; Charest, René; Brouillet, Luc; Bruneau, Anne (2001). "A morphological phylogenetic analysis of Aesculus L. and Billia Peyr. (Sapindaceae)". Botany 79 (2): 154. doi:10.1139/cjb-79-2-154.
Wikidata ☰ Q290897 entry
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