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Phoebe is a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae. There are 75 accepted species in the genus, distributed in tropical and subtropical Asia and New Guinea. 35 species occur in China, of which 27 are endemic. The first description of the genus was of the type species P. lanceolata made in 1836 by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck in Systema Laurinarum, p. 98.
Up to 100 species of Phoebe are currently reported in Asia, with 27 species endemic to China.
Phoebe bootanica · Phoebe bournei · Phoebe chekiangensis · Phoebe formosana · Phoebe javanica · Phoebe macrocarpa · Phoebe scortechinii · Phoebe zhennan
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