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Symplocos
Symplocos is a genus of flowering plants in the order Ericales. It contains about 300 species distributed in Asia and the Americas. Many species grow in humid tropical regions. This is sometimes considered to be the only genus in family Symplocaceae. Plants in this family are shrubs and trees with white or yellow flowers. The oldest fossils of the genus date to the lower Eocene of Europe and North America, with the genus being present in...
6 branches of this group, most-observed first

Symplocos theiformis
speciesSymplocos theiformis

Symplocos guianensis
speciesSymplocos guianensis

Symplocos coccinea
speciesSymplocos coccinea

Symplocos martinicensis
speciesSymplocos martinicensis

Symplocos pubescens
speciesSymplocos pubescens

Symplocos psiloclada
speciesSymplocos psiloclada
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1583687.
