Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,264 meters (0 to 4,147 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Euphorbianae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Malpighiales
()
- C. Martius, 1835
- Family:
Dichapetalaceae
()
- Baillon, 1886
- Genus:
Dichapetalum
()
- L.M.A.A. Du Petit-Thouars, 1806
- Specific epithet:
mossambicense
- Engl.
- Botanical name: - Dichapetalum mossambicense Engl.
- Specific epithet:
mossambicense
- Engl.
- Genus:
Dichapetalum
(
- Family:
Dichapetalaceae
(
- Order:
Malpighiales
(
- Superorder:
Euphorbianae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Chailletia Mossambicensis • Chailletia mossambicensis Klotzsch
Notes
Publishing author : Engl. Publication : Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C (1895) 235
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Dichapetalum
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Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 06, 2008:
- Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9503603
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13851347
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:163239-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 163239-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1254408
Footnotes
- Mean = 135.620 meters (444.948 feet), Standard Deviation = 380.780 based on 63 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
