Coccoloba gigantifolia
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Coccoloba gigantifolia is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family Polygonaceae. It is endemic[1] to the Madeira River Basin in the states of Amazonas and Rondonia in the central and southwestern Brazilian Amazon. This species resembles that of Coccoloba mollis but differs in that it has much larger leaves in its fertile branches.[1][2]
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Coccoloba gigantifolia | |
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Single leaf overtowering an adult man and illustrating its enormous size | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Polygonaceae |
Genus: | Coccoloba |
Species: | C. gigantifolia |
Binomial name | |
Coccoloba gigantifolia E. Melo, C.A. Cid Ferreira & R. Gribel | |
Distribution of Coccoloba gigantifolia (North Brazil) |
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