Priogymnanthus

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Priogymnanthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Tribe: Oleeae
Subtribe: Oleinae
Genus: Priogymnanthus
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Priogymnanthus is a genus of three species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae native to tropical South America, in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina and Paraguay.[1][2]

They are deciduous or semi-deciduous trees, closely related to Mesoamerican Chionanthus and Forestiera.[3]

Species

References[edit]

  1. ^ University of Oxford Oleaceae information site: Priogymnanthus
  2. ^ FERNÁNDEZ-ALONSO, JOSÉ LUIS; MORALES MORALES, PAULA ANDREA (2019-03-27). "Priogymnanthus colombianus (Oleaceae), a new species and first record of genus to Colombia". Phytotaxa. 399 (3): 195. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.399.3.3. hdl:10261/247778. ISSN 1179-3163.
  3. ^ Zedane, Loubab; Hong-Wa, Cynthia; Murienne, Jérôme; Jeziorski, Céline; Baldwin, Bruce G.; Besnard, Guillaume (2016-01-01). "Museomics illuminate the history of an extinct, paleoendemic plant lineage (Hesperelaea, Oleaceae) known from an 1875 collection from Guadalupe Island, Mexico" (PDF). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 117 (1): 44–57. doi:10.1111/bij.12509. ISSN 1095-8312.