Kayea coriacea
Species of flowering plant
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Kayea coriacea is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family. It is a tree endemic to Western Province of Papua New Guinea in central New Guinea. It grows in seasonally-flooded forests and on ridges in lowland rain forests.[1]
| Kayea coriacea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Calophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Kayea |
| Species: | K. coriacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Kayea coriacea | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Mesua coriacea P.F.Stevens | |
The species was first described as Mesua coriacea by Peter F. Stevens in 1974. In 1993 Stevens placed the species in genus Kayea as K. coriacea.[2]