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Pterophylla

Pterophylla
Photo: Kahuroa, Public domain
Family
Cunoniaceae (Cunoni family)
Grows as
Tree

About

Pterophylla is a genus of trees of the family Cunoniaceae, with species found growing naturally in Madagascar, Malesia, Papuasia, and the Pacific Islands, formerly included in Weinmannia.

Where it grows

Species of Pterophylla are native to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, and to Malesia (Peninsular Thailand and Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Maluku, and the Philippines), Papuasia (New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon Islands), Vanuatu, New Caledonia, New Zealand, and parts of Oceania (Fiji, Cook Islands, Marquesas Islands, Samoa Islands, Society Islands, and Tubuai Islands).

Other Pterophylla plants

Weinmannia · Pterophylla aphanoneura · Pterophylla clemensiae · Pterophylla comorensis · Pterophylla exigua · Pterophylla fraxinea · Pterophylla marquesana · Pterophylla ouaiemensis · Pterophylla parviflora · Pterophylla racemosa · Pterophylla raiateensis · Pterophylla rapensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pterophylla (plant) by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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