| NOUN | plant | family Lepidobotryaceae, Lepidobotryaceae | family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive / distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families |
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| Meaning | family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive / distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa. | |
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| Synonym | Lepidobotryaceae | |
| Member of | Geraniales, order Geraniales | An order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants |
| Members | Ruptiliocarpon, genus Ruptiliocarpon | New (1993) genus of trees of Central America now recognized as similar to those of genus Lepidobotrys |
| genus Lepidobotrys | A genus of dicotyledonous trees belonging to the family Lepidobotryaceae | |
| Broader | rosid dicot family | A family of dicotyledonous plants |
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