Sloanea
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Sloanea is a genus
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 flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Elaeocarpaceae
Elaeocarpaceae
Elaeaocarpaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family approximately contains 605 species of trees and shrubs in 12 genera. The largest genera are Elaeocarpus, with about 350 species, and Sloanea, with about 150....

, comprising about 150 species .

Species include:
  • Sloanea acutiflora
    Sloanea acutiflora
    Sloanea acutiflora is a species of plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It is endemic to Suriname.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....

    , Uittien
  • Sloanea assamica
    Sloanea assamica
    Sloanea assamica is a species of plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, and Myanmar.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....

    , Rehder
    Alfred Rehder
    Alfred Rehder was a horticulturist and taxonomist who worked at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Rehder was a newspaper writer from Germany who was originally hired as a laborer at the Arnold Arboretum. His talents for horticultural plant taxonomy were soon recognized, however...

     & E. Wilson
  • Sloanea australis
    Sloanea australis
    Sloanea australis, commonly known as the Maiden's Blush is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. The range of natural distribution is from near Batemans Bay in southern New South Wales to Cape Tribulation in tropical Queensland...

    , Benth. & F.Muell. an Australian rainforest tree
  • Sloanea caribaea
  • Sloanea formosana, Taiwan
  • Sloanea gracilis
    Sloanea gracilis
    Sloanea gracilis is a species of plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It is endemic to Suriname.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....

    , Uittien
  • Sloanea lepida
    Sloanea lepida
    Sloanea lepida is a species of plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia.-References:* Jaffré, T. et al. 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....

    , Tirel
  • Sloanea shankii
    Sloanea shankii
    Sloanea shankii is a species of plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It is endemic to Honduras.-Source:* Nelson, C. 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....

    , Standl.
    Paul Carpenter Standley
    Paul Carpenter Standley was an American botanist.Standley was born in Avalon, Missouri...

     & L.O.Williams
  • Sloanea suaveolens
    Sloanea suaveolens
    Sloanea suaveolens is a species of plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia.-References:* Jaffré, T. et al. 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....

    , Tirel
  • Sloanea tomentosa
    Sloanea tomentosa
    Sloanea tomentosa is a species of plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....

    , Rehder
    Alfred Rehder
    Alfred Rehder was a horticulturist and taxonomist who worked at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Rehder was a newspaper writer from Germany who was originally hired as a laborer at the Arnold Arboretum. His talents for horticultural plant taxonomy were soon recognized, however...

     & E. Wilson
  • Sloanea woollsii
    Sloanea woollsii
    Sloanea woollsii, commonly known as Yellow Carabeen, is a large tree species with plank-buttresses that is native to northeastern NSW and eastern Queensland, Australia. Its southern distributional limit is near the town of Bulahdelah at Tallowwood Forest Park and O'Sullivans Gap Reserve.S...

    , F.Muell. an Australian rainforest tree

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