Duabanga
Duabanga is a small genus of lowland evergreen rainforest trees in southeast Asia, comprising two or three species.
| Duabanga | |
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| Duabanga grandiflora | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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. |
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Duabanga grandiflora (Roxb. ex DC.) Walpers | |
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. JSTOR 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.
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