Weinmannia

Weinmannia
Weinmannia tinctoria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Cunoniaceae
Genus: Weinmannia
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Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Arnoldia Blume
  • Leiospermum D. Don
  • Pterophylla D. Don
  • Windmannia P.Browne

Weinmannia is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cunoniaceae. It contains 90 species, which range from Mexico through Central and South America including the Caribbean, and to the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius and Réunion) in the western Indian Ocean.[1] It is absent from mainland Africa and Australia, but some fossils have been attributed to Weinmannia in Australia.[2]

Leaves are simple or pinnate, with a margin usually toothed, and interpetiolar stipules. Flowers are bisexual, white, arranged in racemes. The fruit is a capsule opening vertically from the top to the base. Seeds hairy without wings.

  1. ^ a b Weinmannia L. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 14 April 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Barnes 2001 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).