Duabanga is a small genus of lowland evergreen rainforest trees in southeast Asia, comprising two or three species.

Duabanga
Duabanga grandiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Lythraceae
Subfamily: Duabangoideae
(Takht.) S. A. Graham, Thorne & Reveal
Genus: Duabanga
Buch.-Ham.
Species

Duabanga grandiflora (Roxb. ex DC.Walpers
Duabanga moluccana Blume
Duabanga taylorii Jayaweera

Duabanga was traditionally included in the ditypic family Sonneratiaceae, but it is now classified in its own monotypic subfamily Duabangoideae of the Lythraceae.

References edit

  • Graham, S. A.; Thorne & Reveal (May 1998). "Validation of subfamily names in Lythraceae". Taxon. 47 (2). Taxon, Vol. 47, No. 2: 435–436. doi:10.2307/1223775. JSTOR 1223775.
  • Little S. A.; Stockey R. A.; Keating R. C. (2004). "Duabanga-like leaves from the Middle Eocene Princeton chert and comparative leaf histology of Lythraceae sensu lato". American Journal of Botany. 91 (7): 1126–1139. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.7.1126. PMID 21653468.