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Peltanthera

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
incertae sedis

Rank
  
Genus

Order
  
Lamiales

Species
  
P. floribunda

Similar
  
Polypremum, Tetrachondraceae, Stilbaceae, Carlemanniaceae, Solenophora

Peltanthera is a genus of flowering plants containing a single species, P. floribunda. The genus was originally placed in family Loganiaceae and has since been variously placed in Buddlejaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Gesneriaceae, or in its own family Peltantheraceae. As of 2016, it is considered by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group to be unplaced in any family, but within the order Lamiales.

The plant is a tree with opposite leaf arrangement. The leaves are large and elliptic in shape. It has white fragrant flowers in a cymose inflorescence with trichotomous branches. The calyx and corolla each have five lobes, and there are five stamens. The two locules of the ovary each contain many seeds.

References

Peltanthera Wikipedia