Lactoris fernandeziana

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Lactoris fernandeziana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Piperales Family: Lactoridaceae Engl. Genus: Lactoris Phil. Species: L. fernandeziana
Binomial name
Lactoris fernandeziana Phil.

Lactoris fernandeziana is a species of flowering plants and the sole species of its family, the Lactoridaceae. The plant is endemic to the cloud forest of Masatierra, on the Juan Fernández Islands.

This is a putative primitive paleoherb, whose biology is little known. Its systematic position remains controversial, the species was variably assigned to the Magnoliales, the Laurales, the Piperales or given its own order.