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Metteniusaceae
Metteniusaceae are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the order Metteniusales. It consists of about 10 genera and 50 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas, primarily of the tropics. The family was formerly restricted to just '' Metteniusa'', but it is now expanded with a number of genera that were formerly placed in the widely polyphyletic Icacinaceae The Icacinaceae, also called the white pear family, are a family (biology), family of flowering plants,"Icacinaceae" At: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website At: Missouri Botanical Garden Website (see ''External links'' below). consisting of trees, shrub .... Genera , the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website accepts 11 genera:Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards)"Metteniusaceae" ''Angiosperm Phylogeny Website''. Retrieved 2016-06-09. * '' Apodytes'' - c. 6 species * '' Calatola'' - 7 species * '' Dendrobangia'' - 3 species * '' Emmotum'' - c. 10 species * '' Metteniusa'' - 7 species * '' Oecopetalum'' - 3 species * '' Ottoschulzia'' - 3 sp ...
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Dendrobangia
''Dendrobangia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Metteniusaceae.Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards)"Metteniusaceae" ''Angiosperm Phylogeny Website''. Retrieved 2016-06-09. It was formerly placed in the family Cardiopteridaceae. It was described as a genus in 1896.Howard, R. A. 1976 [1977]. Flora of Panama, Part VI. Family 106. Icacinaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 63(3): 399–417 ''Dendrobangia'' is native to South America and Costa Rica. ;species # ''Dendrobangia boliviana'' Rusby - Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil # ''Dendrobangia multinervia'' Ducke - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, NW Brazil References External linksphoto of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Bolivia, type specimen of ''Dendrobangia boliviana''
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