Thaumatococcus
| Thaumatococcus | |
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| "Ewe eran" leaves (Thaumatococcus daniellii) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Marantaceae |
| Genus: | Thaumatococcus Benth. |
| Species | |
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Thaumatococcus is a genus of tropical flowering plants, thought for many years to contain a single species from western Africa: Thaumatococcus daniellii.[1] A second species, however, was described in 2012: Thaumatococcus flavus, native to Gabon in central Africa.[2]
References
- ↑ Bentham, George & Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1883. Genera Plantarum 3: 652, Thaumatococcus daniellii
- ↑ Ley, Alexandra C. 2012. Adansonia, série 3, 34(1): 44, figs. 1, 6, Thaumatococcus flavus
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