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Blepharocarya

Blepharocarya is a genus of trees from northern Australia, in the family Anacardiaceae. They are dioecious trees with opposite leaves, a trait rather unusual within the Anacardiaceae.

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Blepharocarya
Blepharocarya involucrigera
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Subfamily: Anacardioideae
Genus: Blepharocarya
F.Muell.
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Blepharocarya is a genus of trees from northern Australia, in the family Anacardiaceae.1 They are dioecious trees with opposite leaves, a trait rather unusual within the Anacardiaceae.2

Species include:31

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  1. "Blepharocarya F.Muell". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  2. Mitchell, John D. (1990). "The Poisonous Anacardiaceae Genera of the World". Advances in Economic Botany. 8: 103–129. JSTOR 43927570.
  3. "Blepharocarya". The Plant List. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
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