''Symphonia'' is a

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tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...

woody

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

s, specifically

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s in the

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Clusiaceae The Clusiaceae or Guttiferae Juss. (1789) (''nom. alt. et cons.'' = alternative and valid name) are a family of plants including 13 genera and ca 750 species. Several former members of Clusiacae are now placed in Calophyllaceae and Hypericaceae. ...

. The genus has its diversity center in

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and one

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(''

Symphonia globulifera ''Symphonia globulifera'', commonly known as boarwood, is a timber tree abundant in Central America, the Caribbean, South America and Africa. This plant is also used as a medicinal plant and ornamental plant. Common names Common trade names of t ...

'') disjunct in the

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and the

Neotropic The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bioge ...

in the

Amazon Rainforest The Amazon rainforest, Amazon jungle or ; es, Selva amazónica, , or usually ; french: Forêt amazonienne; nl, Amazoneregenwoud. In English, the names are sometimes capitalized further, as Amazon Rainforest, Amazon Forest, or Amazon Jungle. ...

. Because of this particular distribution pattern, the origin of the genus is controversial: two hypotheses have been proposed, one suggesting an

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origin, the other a

origin.

Species

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accepts 15 species: *'' Symphonia eugenioides'' Baker *'' Symphonia fasciculata'' (Noronha ex Thouars) Vesque *''

'' L.f. *'' Symphonia gymnoclada'' (Planch. & Triana) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Vesque *'' Symphonia lepidocarpa'' Baker *'' Symphonia linearis'' H.Perrier *'' Symphonia louvelii'' Jum. & H.Perrier *'' Symphonia microphylla'' (Hils. & Bojer ex Cambess.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Vesque *'' Symphonia nectarifera'' Jum. & H.Perrier *'' Symphonia oligantha'' Baker *'' Symphonia pauciflora'' Baker *'' Symphonia sessiliflora'' H.Perrier *'' Symphonia tanalensis'' Jum. & H.Perrier *'' Symphonia urophylla'' (Decne. ex Planch. & Triana) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Vesque *'' Symphonia verrucosa'' (Hils. & Bojer ex Planch. & Triana) Benth. & Hook.f.

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q9080863 Malpighiales genera