Heliciopsis
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| Heliciopsis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Subfamily: | Grevilleoideae |
| Tribe: | Macadamieae |
| Subtribe: | Virotiinae |
| Genus: | Heliciopsis Sleumer[1] |
Heliciopsis is a genus of about fourteen species of trees, constituting part of the flowering plant family Proteaceae.[1] They grow naturally in Myanmar, Indo-China, China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java (Indonesia) and the Philippines.[2] The name means similar to the plant genus Helicia.[2] Its closest relatives are Athertonia (Australia) and Virotia (New Caledonia).[3]
