Xerospermum[1] is a small genus of Asian plants of the family Sapindaceae.

Xerospermum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Subfamily: Sapindoideae
Tribe: Nephelieae
Genus: Xerospermum
Blume, 1850

Species

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Plants of the World Online currently (February 2024) includes:[2]

  1. Xerospermum laevigatum Radlk. - Bangladesh, Indochina (not Vietnam), West Malesia
  2. Xerospermum noronhianum (Blume) Blume - Bangladesh, Indochina, West Malesia

Note: at least 19 species names of this genus, including X. bonii (Lecomte) Radlk., are now considered synonymous with the type species, which is X. noronhianum.

References

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  1. ^ Blume KL von (1847 publ. 1849) Rumphia 3: 99.
  2. ^ "Xerospermum Blume". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
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