Biology:Duabanga

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Duabanga
Duabanga sonneratioides.jpg
Duabanga grandiflora
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Lythraceae
Subfamily: Duabangoideae
(Takht.) S. A. Graham, Thorne & Reveal
Genus: Duabanga
Buch.-Ham.
Species

Duabanga grandiflora (Roxb. ex DC.) Walpers
Duabanga moluccana Blume
Duabanga taylorii Jayaweera

Duabanga is a small genus of lowland evergreen rainforest trees in southeast Asia, comprising two or three species.

Duabanga was traditionally included in the ditypic family Sonneratiaceae, but it is now classified in its own monotypic subfamily Duabangoideae of the Lythraceae.

References

  • Graham, S. A.; Thorne; Reveal (May 1998). "Validation of subfamily names in Lythraceae". Taxon (Taxon, Vol. 47, No. 2) 47 (2): 435–436. doi:10.2307/1223775. 
  • Little S. A.; Stockey R. A.; Keating R. C. (2004). "Duabanga-like leaves from the Middle Eocene Princeton chert and comparative leaf histology of Lythraceae sensu lato". American Journal of Botany 91 (7): 1126–1139. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.7.1126. PMID 21653468. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1320087 entry