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Knema

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Knema
Botanical illustration of Knema glauca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Myristicaceae
Genus: Knema
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Knema is a genus of plant in family Myristicaceae, mostly consisting of small-medium trees found in lowland tropical forests from south and northeast of India, Indochina, Malay Archipelago to near the tip of New Guinea. The highest diversity of species is in Borneo in west of Malesia.[1]: 2, 4, 222 

Species

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Species includes the following:[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ de Wilde, W. J. J. O. (1994). "Myristicaceae". Flora Malesiana. 14 (1): 1–632 – via Naturalis Institutional Repository.
  2. ^ "Knema Lour". World Flora Online. World Flora Consortium. 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Knema Lour". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved May 31, 2020.