Sanango
Genus of flowering plants
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Sanango is a genus of flowering plants containing a single species, Sanango racemosum. It is a shrub or tree native to Ecuador and Peru.[3]
| Sanango | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sanangoideae A.Weber, J.L.Clark & Mich.Möller [2] |
| Genus: | Sanango G.S.Bunting & J.A.Duke (1961) |
| Species: | S. racemosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Sanango racemosum | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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The genus was originally placed in family Loganiaceae[4] but has since been variously placed in Scrophulariaceae,[5] Gesneriaceae[6] and Buddlejaceae.[7] As of 2016 it is considered to be the sister genus to the family Gesneriaceae as previously defined, and the family was tentatively enlarged to include the genus, pending a revision of the families included in Lamiales.[8] It has been placed as the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Sanangoideae.[2]
