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Trichospermum peekelii

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Trichospermum peekelii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Trichospermum
Species:
T. peekelii
Binomial name
Trichospermum peekelii

Trichospermum peekelii is a plant species in the family Malvaceae. It is found in the Bismarck Islands and Solomon Islands archipelagoes.[1]

Names

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T. peekelii is reconstructed as *maRako in the Proto-Oceanic language, the reconstructed ancestor of the Oceanic languages.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Plants of the World Online
  2. ^ Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (eds). 2008. The lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society. Volume 3: Plants. Pacific Linguistics 599. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University.