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Genus: Xylosma (brushhollies, xylosmas) Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids >
Eurosid I > Order: Malpighiales
> Family:
Salicaceae
About 85 species, mainly native to the tropics of Central and
South America, the Caribbean, Pacific Islands, Asia and Australasia but also
extending into warm-temperate regions. Three species cultivated in southern
Africa, all from east Asia (China, Taiwan, Japan).
Previously placed in the Flacourtiaceae.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Xylosma congestum (Shiny
xylosma)
Native to Japan, China and Taiwan. |
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Xylosma japonicum
Native to Japan, China and Taiwan. |
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Xylosma senticosum
Native to China. |
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