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Pterocymbium

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Pterocymbium
Seeds of Pterocymbium tinctorium
P. tinctorium taken in Pesawaran Regency, Sumatra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Sterculioideae
Genus: Pterocymbium
R Brown, 1844
Species

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Pterocymbium[1] is a genus in the family Malvaceae: in the subfamily Sterculioideae and previously placed in the Sterculiaceae.[2] In Indonesia, P. tinctorium (Kelumbuk) is a significant timber tree.

Species

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Plants of the World Online[3] currently (2019) lists the following accepted species:

§ In Viet Nam the name for this genus is Dực nang with two species listed:[4]

Both are deciduous trees, approximately 25 m high, found in tropical forests.

References

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  1. ^ Brown R (1844) Pl. Jav. Rar. (Bennett) 219. t. 45.
  2. ^ Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  3. ^ Plants of the World Online: Pterocymbium R.Br. (retrieved 1 April 2019)
  4. ^ Phạm Hoàng Hộ (1999) Cây Cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam vol. I publ. Nhà Xuẩt Bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN
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