Rhaptopetalum Sindarense (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rhaptopetalum sindarense is a species of plant in the Lecythidaceae family. It is endemic to Gabon. The Lecythidaceae comprise a family of about 20 genera and 250-300 species of woody plants native to tropical South America and Madagascar. According to the most recent molecular analysis of Lecythidaceae (Mori, S. A., C.-C. Tsou, C.-C. Wu, B. Cronholm & A. Anderberg. 2007. Evolution of Lecythidaceae with an emphasis on the circumscription of Neotropical genera: information from combined ndhF and trnL-F sequence data. Amer. J. Bot. 94(3): 289-301) there are three subfamilies: Foetidioideae (Foetidiaceae). Madagascar. Includes only Foetidia. Planchonioideae (including Barringtoniaceae). Restricted to the Old World tropics. Lecythidoideae (Lecythidaceae). Restricted to the New World tropics.