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Xylopia aromatica

Xylopia aromatica is a species of flowering plant in the Annonaceae family. It is a tree native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Honduras to Paraguay and southern Brazil, including Cuba. It grows in the Cerrado grasslands, particularly in the states of Goiás and Minas Gerais, in eastern Brazil.

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Xylopia aromatica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Xylopia
Species:
X. aromatica
Binomial name
Xylopia aromatica
Synonyms1
Synonymy
  • Habzelia aromatica (Lam.) A.DC.
  • Coelocline lucida (DC.) A.DC.
  • Habzelia cubensis A.DC. ex Steud.
  • Unona aromatica (Lam.) Dunal
  • Unona cubensis Steud.
  • Unona lucida DC.
  • Unona parviflora Steud., not validly publ.
  • Unona xylopioides Dunal
  • Uvaria aromatica Lam. (1785) (basionym)
  • Xylopia cubensis (A.DC. ex Steud.) A.Rich.
  • Xylopia dunaliana Planch. & Linden
  • Xylopia grandiflora A.St.-Hil.
  • Xylopia longifolia A.DC., nom. superfl.
  • Xylopia lucida (DC.) Baill.
  • Xylopia xylopioides (Dunal) Standl.
  • Xylopicrum aromaticum (Lam.) Kuntze
  • Xylopicrum grandiflorum (A.St.-Hil.) Kuntze
  • Xylopicrum longifolium Kuntze, nom. superfl.

Xylopia aromatica is a species of flowering plant in the Annonaceae family. It is a tree native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Honduras to Paraguay and southern Brazil, including Cuba.1 It grows in the Cerrado grasslands, particularly in the states of Goiás and Minas Gerais, in eastern Brazil.

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