Munronia
Genus of flowering plants in the chinaberry family Meliaceae
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Munronia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae.[2][3] Its native distribution is tropical and subtropical Asia.[1]
| Munronia | |
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| Munronia pinnata | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Melioideae |
| Genus: | Munronia Wight |
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The name Munronia is a taxonomic patronym honoring the English botanist William Munro (1818 - 1880), a plant collector in India, Kashmir, and Barbados.[4] A taxonomic anagram derived from Munronia is Nurmonia, a confamilial genus synonym of Turraea.[5]