Deplanchea
Genus of flowering plants
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Deplanchea is a genus of about eight species of tropical rainforest trees, constituting part of the plant family Bignoniaceae.[3][4][5]
| Deplanchea | |
|---|---|
| Deplanchea tetraphylla | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Tribe: | Tecomeae |
| Genus: | Deplanchea Vieill.[1][2][3] |
| Type species | |
| Deplanchea speciosa | |
| Species | |
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They grow naturally in New Guinea, New Caledonia, Borneo, Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, central Sulawesi and north eastern Australia.[3][6][4][5]
Species
As of April 2014[update] The Plant List recognises 8 accepted species:[7]
- Deplanchea bancana (Sheffer) Steenis – Sumatra, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Riau Archipelago, Bangka Island, Belitung[8]
- Deplanchea coriacea Steenis
- Deplanchea glabra (Steenis) Steenis – New Guinea, C. Sulawesi, E. Borneo[9]
- Deplanchea hirsuta (F.M.Bailey) Steenis
- Deplanchea montana (Vieill. ex Beauvis.) Guillaumin
- Deplanchea sessilifolia Vieill. ex Steenis – New Caledonia endemic[4][10]
- Deplanchea speciosa Vieill. – New Caledonia endemic[4][11]
- Deplanchea tetraphylla (R.Br.) F.Muell. – New Guinea, Aru Islands, north eastern Queensland and Cape York Peninsula, Australia[6][12]