''Endocomia'' is a genus of flowering

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s in the family

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with a distribution ranging from

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. It is distinguished from the other

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n genera by its

monoecious Monoecy (; adj. monoecious ) is a sexual system in seed plants where separate male and female cones or flowers are present on the same plant. It is a monomorphic sexual system alongside gynomonoecy, andromonoecy and trimonoecy. Monoecy i ...

inflorescences which are unique in the mostly

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Myristicaceae. The only other place where monoecy is reported in the family is in a few ''

Iryanthera ''Iryanthera'' is a flowering plant genus in the family Myristicaceae. Species include: *''Iryanthera campinae'' W.A.Rodrigues *'' Iryanthera coriacea'' Ducke *'' Iryanthera crassifolia'' A.C. Sm. *'' Iryanthera dialyandra'' Ducke *'' Iryanthera ...

'' species in

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Species

According to Kew's

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, there are four accepted species: * '' Endocomia canarioides'' (King) de Wilde * '' Endocomia macrocoma'' (Miq.) de Wilde * '' Endocomia rufirachis'' (Sinclair) de Wilde * '' Endocomia virella'' de Wilde

References

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