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Hasseltiopsis

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Hasseltiopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Subfamily: Salicoideae
Tribe: Prockieae
Genus: Hasseltiopsis
Sleumer
Species:
H. dioica
Binomial name
Hasseltiopsis dioica
(Benth.) Sleumer

Hasseltiopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. It consists of one species of trees: Hasseltiopsis dioica, which is native to Central America. Formerly placed in the heterogeneous family Flacourtiaceae,[1] Hasseltiopsis is now classified in Salicaceae,[2] along with close relatives Prockia, Pineda, Neosprucea, and Banara.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Sleumer, H.O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Flora Neotropica 22: 1-499.
  2. ^ Chase, Mark W.; S. Zmarzty; M.D. Lledó; K.J. Wurdack; S.M. Swensen; M.F. Fay (2002). "When in doubt, put it in Flacourtiaceae: a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on plastid rbcL DNA sequences". Kew Bulletin. 57 (1): 141–181. Bibcode:2002KewBu..57..141C. doi:10.2307/4110825. JSTOR 4110825.
  3. ^ Alford, M.H. 2008. Revision of Neosprucea (Salicaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 85: 1-62.