Compsoneura | |
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Compsoneura excelsa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Magnoliales |
Family: | Myristicaceae |
Genus: | Compsoneura (A.DC.) Warb. |
Type species | |
Compsoneura sprucei (A.DC.) Warb.
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Compsoneura is a genus comprising 23 species of trees found in tropical lowland forests of the New World.[1][2] It can be distinguished from other Neotropical Myristicaceae by its conspicuous parallel tertiary venation that is nearly perpendicular to the costa.