Mosquitoxylum
Genus of trees
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Mosquitoxylum is a monotypic genus of trees in the subfamily Anacardioideae of the family Anacardiaceae. It contains the single species Mosquitoxylum jamaicense, native to an area from southern Mexico to Ecuador and also to Jamaica.[1][4]
| Mosquitoxylum | |
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| Mosquitoxylum jamaicense in Chiapas, Mexico | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Anacardiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Anacardioideae |
| Genus: | Mosquitoxylum Krug & Urb.[2] |
| Species: | M. jamaicense |
| Binomial name | |
| Mosquitoxylum jamaicense Krug & Urb.[3] | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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