''Kielmeyera'' is a
plant
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genus
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in the
family
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Calophyllaceae.
[Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/] It is
endemic
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to
South America
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, with a large occurrence in the
Brazil
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ian
cerrados.
Species include:
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Kielmeyera coriacea
''Kielmeyera coriacea'' (pau santo) is a medicinal plant native to Cerrado and Pantanal vegetation in Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South Amer ...
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Kielmeyera microphylla
''Kielmeyera'' is a plant genus in the family Calophyllaceae.Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/ It is endemic to South America, with a large occurrence in ...
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Kielmeyera neglecta
''Kielmeyera neglecta'' is a species of ''Kielmeyera'' from Brazil.
Gallery
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Kielmeyera neriifolia
''Kielmeyera neriifolia'' is a species of ''Kielmeyera
''Kielmeyera'' is a plant genus in the family Calophyllaceae.Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/ I ...
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Kielmeyera peruviana''
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Kielmeyera reticulata
''Kielmeyera'' is a plant genus in the family Calophyllaceae.Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/ It is endemic to South America, with a large occurrence in ...
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Kielmeyera rubriflora
''Kielmeyera rubriflora'' is a species of ''Kielmeyera
''Kielmeyera'' is a plant genus in the family Calophyllaceae.Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/ I ...
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Kielmeyera speciosa
''Kielmeyera speciosa'' is a species of ''Kielmeyera'' from Brazil.
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speciosa
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Kielmeyera variabilis
''Kielmeyera variabilis'' (malva-do-campo or pau santo) is tree growing to a height of 3–6 meters, found in savannah regions of eastern and central Brazil (the Cerrado). ''K. variabilis'' is traditionally used in folk medicine to treat tropical ...
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References
Malpighiales genera
Flora of South America
Flora of the Cerrado
Taxa named by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
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