Myristica coacta
Species of flowering plant
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Myristica coacta is a species of flowering plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is a tree endemic to New Guinea. It is a small tree which grows up to 10 metres tall. It is known from a single location at Oksapmin in Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea, where it grows in degraded montane Fagaceous rain forest from 1,800 to 2,000 metres elevation.[1]
| Myristica coacta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Myristicaceae |
| Genus: | Myristica |
| Species: | M. coacta |
| Binomial name | |
| Myristica coacta W.J.de Wilde | |