''Cinnamosma'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
s in family
Canellaceae
The Canellaceae are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants in the Order (biology), order Canellales.Walter S. Judd, Christopher S. Campbell, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, Peter F. Stevens, and Michael J. Donoghue. 2008. ''Plant Systematics: A Phy ...
described as a genus in 1867.
Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1867. Adansonia 7: 212-220
/ref>[Tropicos, ''Cinnamosma'' Baill.]
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''Cinnamosma'' is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
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;Species[
# '' Cinnamosma fragrans'' Baill.
# '' Cinnamosma macrocarpa'' H.Perrier
# '' Cinnamosma madagascariensis'' Danguy
]
References
Canellaceae
Canellales genera
Endemic flora of Madagascar
Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon
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