Osteophloeum is a genus of plant in family Myristicaceae. It contains a single tree species, Osteophloeum platyspermum native to Panama and South America.[2]

Osteophloeum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Myristicaceae
Genus: Osteophloeum
Warb.
Species:
O. platyspermum
Binomial name
Osteophloeum platyspermum
Synonyms[1]
  • Iryanthera krukovii A.C.Sm.
  • Myristica platysperma Spruce ex A.DC.
  • Osteophloeum sulcatum Little
  • Palala platysperma (Spruce ex A.DC.) Kuntze

References edit

  1. ^ "The Plant List".
  2. ^ Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. p. 465. ISBN 9780123969545.

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