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Aniba megaphylla

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Species of tree

Aniba megaphylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Aniba
Species: A. megaphylla
Binomial name
Aniba megaphylla
Mez
Synonyms

Aniba anisosepala Sandwith. Aniba koumaroucapa Kosterm.

Aniba megaphylla is a species of tree in the family Lauraceae and is native to South America. It is native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, growing primarily in wet tropical biomes. This species produces the cytotoxic lignan megaphone.

References

  1. Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. p. 35. ISBN 9780123969545.
  2. "Aniba megaphylla Mez | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  3. SM Kupchan; KL Stevens; EA Rohlfing; BR Sickles; AT Sneden; RW Miller; RF Bryan (1978). "Tumor inhibitors. 126. New cytotoxic neolignans from Aniba megaphylla Mez". J. Org. Chem. 43 (4): 586–590. doi:10.1021/jo00398a013.
Taxon identifiers
Aniba megaphylla


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