Eupomatiaceae
plant family
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characteristics
- In Magnoliales: Eupomatiaceae
Members of Eupomatiaceae are shrubs to small trees. Eupomatia laurina reaches heights of up to 5 metres (16 feet). At the other end of the scale, E. bennettii rarely exceeds 50 cm (20 inches). It often has only one leafy shoot, which produces a single flower each…
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distribution
- In Magnoliales: Distribution and abundance
Eupomatiaceae consists of one genus, Eupomatia, with two species. Eupomatia laurina is a common rainforest shrub in New Guinea and Australia, from southern Australia along the eastern coast as far north as tropical Queensland. The other species, Eupomatia bennettii, is much less common and is…
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