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Genus of flowering plants belonging to the hop, hemp, and hackberry family

Gironniera
Gironniera subaequalis at Hùng Temple, Vietnam
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Cannabaceae
Genus: Gironniera
Gaudich. (1844)
Species

6, see text

Synonyms
  • Dicera Zipp. ex Blume (1853), not validly publ.
  • Galumpita Blume (1856)
  • Helminthospermum Thwaites (1854)
  • Nematostigma Planch. (1848)

Gironniera, is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Cannabaceae. It contains six species native to Indochina, southern China, Malesia, and Papuasia.

Species

Six species are accepted.

Fossil record

Gironniera carinata fossil seeds of the Chattian stage, Oligocene, are known from the Oberleichtersbach Formation in the Rhön Mountains, central Germany.

References

  1. ^ "Gironniera Gaudich". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  2. The floral change in the tertiary of the Rhön mountains (Germany) by Dieter Hans Mai - Acta Paleobotanica 47(1): 135-143, 2007.
Taxon identifiers
Gironniera
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