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Picramnia xalapensis

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Picramnia xalapensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Picramniales
Family: Picramniaceae
Genus: Picramnia
Species:
P. xalapensis
Binomial name
Picramnia xalapensis

Picramnia xalapensis is a plant species native to the State of Veracruz, Mexico.[1] Type locale is in the mountains near the City of Xalapa.[2]

Picramnia xalapensis is a shrub to small tree. Leaves are evergreen, thick, leathery, pinnately compound, lacking stipules. Leaves are numerous, ovate to lanceolate, gradually tapering at the tip.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
  2. ^ Tropicos
  3. ^ Planchon, Jules Émile. 1846. London Journal of Botany 5: 577
  4. ^ Thomas, W. W. 1988. A conspectus of Mexican and Central American Picramnia (Simaroubaceae). Brittonia 40(1): 89–105.