Saurauia latibractea | |
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Herbarium specimen of Saurauia latibractea. [1] | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Actinidiaceae |
Genus: | Saurauia |
Species: | S. latibractea
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Binomial name | |
Saurauia latibractea | |
Synonyms | |
Saurauia cumingiana de Vriese |
Saurauia latibractea is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to The Philippines. [2] Jacques Denys Choisy, the Swiss botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its broad (latus in Latin) [3] bracts. In Maranao it is called maragaoaq or tamiagau. [4]
It is a tree with oval or elliptical leaves that come to a point at their tip. Its leaf margins are serrate. Its flowers are axillary. Its sepals are white. [5]
The pollen of S. elegans is shed as permanent tetrads. [6]
Saurauia latibractea | |
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Herbarium specimen of Saurauia latibractea. [1] | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Actinidiaceae |
Genus: | Saurauia |
Species: | S. latibractea
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Binomial name | |
Saurauia latibractea | |
Synonyms | |
Saurauia cumingiana de Vriese |
Saurauia latibractea is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to The Philippines. [2] Jacques Denys Choisy, the Swiss botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its broad (latus in Latin) [3] bracts. In Maranao it is called maragaoaq or tamiagau. [4]
It is a tree with oval or elliptical leaves that come to a point at their tip. Its leaf margins are serrate. Its flowers are axillary. Its sepals are white. [5]
The pollen of S. elegans is shed as permanent tetrads. [6]