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Alloxylon brachycarpum

(Alloxylon brachycarpum)

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Description

Alloxylon brachycarpum is a species of plant in the family Proteaceae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It is threatened by habitat loss. Dutch botanist Herman Sleumer described this species as Embothrium brachycarpum in 1939 before transferring it to the genus Oreocallis. The species name is derived from the Ancient Greek words brachy- "short" and carpus "fruit". However the fruit of the type specimen were deformed and the species in fact has the largest fruit of the genus.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Proteales
Family:Proteaceae
Genus:Alloxylon
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