Visnea
Visnea L.f. is a genus of plant in family Pentaphylacaceae.[1] (Visnea Steud. ex Endl. is a synonym of Barbacenia, a genus in a different family.[2]) The genus contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
- Visnea mocanera L.f.
| Visnea | |
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| Visnea mocanera | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Pentaphylacaceae |
| Genus: | Visnea L.f. |
Fossil record
Four fossil seeds of a Visnea sp. have been described from middle Miocene strata of the Fasterholt area near Silkeborg in Central Jutland, Denmark.[3]
References
- Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, retrieved 2014-09-18
- "Barbacenia", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-10
- Angiosperm Fruits and Seeds from the Middle Miocene of Jutland (Denmark) by Else Marie Friis, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters 24:3, 1985
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