Gymnostemon
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Gymnostemon is a genus of plant
in family Simaroubaceae
. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in family Simaroubaceae
Simaroubaceae
The Simaroubaceae is a small, mostly tropical, family in the order Sapindales. In recent decades it has been subject to much taxonomic debate, with several small families being split off...
. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
- Gymnostemon zaizouGymnostemon zaizouGymnostemon zaizou is a species of semi-deciduous forest tree in the Simaroubaceae family. It is endemic to Côte d'Ivoire and threatened by habitat loss throughout its native range of the Sassandra River Basin. G. zaizou is a commercial hardwood species that is well-adapted to the heavy rainfall of...
, Aubrev. & Pellegrin