Erythrochiton
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| Erythrochiton | |
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| Erythrochiton brasiliensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Subfamily: | Zanthoxyloideae |
| Genus: | Erythrochiton Nees & Mart.[1] |
Erythrochiton is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
- Erythrochiton brasiliensis Nees & Mart.[2]
- Erythrochiton delitescens Morton[3]
- Erythrochiton fallax Kallunki[4]
- Erythrochiton giganteus Kaastra & A.H.Gentry
- Erythrochiton gymnanthus Kallunki[5]
- Erythrochiton hypophyllanthus Planch. & Linden[6]
- Erythrochiton lindenii Planch. & Linden[7]
- Erythrochiton macrophyllum Makoy ex Hook.[8]
- Erythrochiton macropodum K.Krause[9]
- Erythrochiton odontoglossus Kallunki[10]
- Erythrochiton trichanthus Kallunki[11]
- Erythrochiton trifoliatum Pilg.[12]
Many species of this genus are characterised by having epiphyllous flowers, which emerge from the leaf itself, rather than the more usual site of a leaf axil, a plant axis, or its inflorescence.[13]
