Planchonella myrsinifolia

Planchonella myrsinifolia is a tree in the plant family Sapotaceae. It is native to Australia, with subspecies myrsinifolia native to Queensland and New South Wales on the Australian mainland, and subspecies howeana is endemic to Lord Howe Island.[1]

Planchonella myrsinifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Planchonella
Species:
P. myrsinifolia
Binomial name
Planchonella myrsinifolia
(F.Muell.) Swenson, Bartish & Munzinger (2007)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Pouteria myrsinifolia (F.Muell.) Jessup (2001)
  • Sersalisia myrsinifolia F.Muell. (1866)

The specific epithet myrsinifolia refers to a similarity of the leaves of certain plants in the genus Myrsine.

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