Aphania
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Aphania is a genus
of trees and shrubs of the family Sapindaceae
. Some taxonomists have moved plants in this genus into the genus Lepisanthes
. The species of this genus include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of trees and shrubs of the family Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae, also known as the soapberry family, is a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales. There are about 140-150 genera with 1400-2000 species, including maple, horse chestnut and lychee....
. Some taxonomists have moved plants in this genus into the genus Lepisanthes
Lepisanthes
Lepisanthes is a genus of 24 species of trees or shrubs native to tropical Africa, south and southeast Asia, Australia, and Madagascar.It includes plants which are by others classified in the genera Aphania, Erioglossum, and Otophora....
. The species of this genus include:
- A. angustifolia
- A. bifoliata
- A. boerlagei
- A. chariensis
- A. cuspidata
- A. dasypetala
- A. dictyophylla
- A. fascicularis
- A. golungensis
- A. langsonensis
- A. loheri
- A. longipes
- A. macrophylla
- A. masakapu
- A. microcarpa
- A. montana
- A. neo-ebudica
- A. ochnoides
- A. oligophylla
- A. paucijuga
- A. philastreana
- A. philippinensis
- A. rubra
- A. senegalensis, trees or shrubs native to Africa and Asia
- A. silvatica
- A. sphaerococca
- A. spirei
- A. viridis