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Parastemon

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Parastemon
Parastemon urophyllus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Parastemon
A.DC.[1]
Synonyms[2]

Diemenia Korth.

Parastemon is a genus of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1842.[3][4] It is native to Southeast Asia and to Papuasia.[2]

Species[2]
  1. Parastemon grandifructus Prance - Sarawak, Sabah
  2. Parastemon urophyllus (Wall. ex A.DC.) A.DC. - Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
  3. Parastemon versteeghii Merr. & L.M.Perry - Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea, Admiralty Islands

References

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  1. ^ "Genus: Parastemon A.DC". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 17 September 1996. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1842. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, sér. 2 18: 208
  4. ^ Tropicos, Parastemon A. DC.