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''Lindleya'' is a genus of Mexican
evergreen
In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has Leaf, foliage that remains green and functional throughout the year. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which lose their foliage completely during the winter or dry season. Consisting of many diffe ...
trees of the family Rosaceae
Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera.
The name is derived from the type genus '' Rosa''. The family includes herbs, shrubs, and trees. Most species are deciduous, but som ...
, tribe Maleae
The Maleae (incorrectly Pyreae) are the apple tribe in the rose family, Rosaceae. The group includes a number of plants bearing commercially important fruits, such as apples and pears, while others are cultivated as ornamentals. Older taxonomies ...
. The sole species, ''Lindleya mespiloides'', grows to a height of and bears solitary white fragrant flowers in summer. The fruit are dry dehiscent
Dehiscence is the splitting of a mature plant structure along a built-in line of weakness to release its contents. This is common among fruits, anthers and sporangia. Sometimes this involves the complete detachment of a part. Structures that op ...
capsules.
Taxonomic history
''Lindleya'', along with ''Vauquelinia
''Vauquelinia'', commonly known as the rosewoods, is a genus of the rose family, Rosaceae. It consists of two species of shrubs found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. The genus was named for French chemist Louis Nicolas ...
'' and ''Kageneckia
''Kageneckia'' is a genus of flowering plant in family Rosaceae.
Taxonomic history
''Kageneckia'', along with ''Vauquelinia'' and '' Lindleya'' were formerly placed in family Quillajaceae. It shares a base chromosome number of 17 with the pome-f ...
'' were formerly placed in family Quillaja
''Quillaja'' is a genus of flowering plants, the only extant genus in the family Quillajaceae with two or three known species. It was once thought to be in the rose family, Rosaceae, but recent research shows it belongs in its own family. The in ...
ceae. It shares a base chromosome number of 17 with the pome
In botany, a pome is a type of fruit produced by flowering plants in the subtribe Malinae of the family Rosaceae. Pome fruits consist of a central "core" containing multiple small seeds, which is enveloped by a tough membrane and surrounded by a ...
-fruited members of tribe Maleae within the Rosaceae.
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