Bernoullia Flammea
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''Bernoullia'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of tropical trees in the mallow family,
Malvaceae Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ...
. It was established by English botanist Daniel Oliver in 1873. There are three accepted species, which occur from Mexico to Colombia. *'' Bernoullia flammea'' *'' Bernoullia jaliscana'' *'' Bernoullia uribeana'' Nuclear DNA studies suggest that ''Bernoullia'' and the genera ''
Gyranthera ''Gyranthera'' is a genus of tropical trees of South America and Central America in the family Malvaceae. There are 3 species.
'' and ''
Huberodendron ''Huberodendron'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It contains the following species: * ''Huberodendron allenii'' * ''Huberodendron ingens'' * ''Huberodendron patinoi'' * ''Huberodendron swietenioides ''Huberodendron'' i ...
'' form a sister
clade A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English term, ...
to a core
Bombacoideae Bombacoideae is a subfamily of the mallow family, Malvaceae. It contains herbaceous and woody plants. Their leaves are alternate, commonly palmately lobed, with small and caducous stipules. The flowers are hermaphroditic and actinomorphic; the c ...
clade. Members of this genus have
indehiscent Dehiscence is the splitting of a mature plant structure along a built-in line of weakness to release its contents. This is common among fruits, anthers and sporangia. Sometimes this involves the complete detachment of a part; structures that op ...
fruits — that is, they do not split open when ripe to release their seeds. The staminal filaments of the flowers are fused into a tube, with the unstalked
anther The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filam ...
s located near the tube's apex. The pollen is somewhat triangular in shape, with furrows and/or pores on the surface.


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Bombacoideae Malvaceae genera {{Bombacoideae-stub