''Triplaris'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
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 exclu ...
s in the family
Polygonaceae
The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United States. The name is based on the genus '' Polygonum'', and was first used by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1 ...
. Ant tree is a common name for plants in this genus.
The species are variously distributed in the
Americas
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Along with th ...
. Some species are used for
lumber
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. They are
dioecious pioneer species
Pioneer species are hardy species that are the first to colonize barren environments or previously biodiverse steady-state ecosystems that have been disrupted, such as by wildfire.
Pioneer flora
Some lichens grow on rocks without soil, so ...
.
Species and taxonomy
Species include:
[The Plant List: A Working List of all Plant Species. Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 15 August 2012)]
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Triplaris americana'' L.
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Triplaris caracasana'' Cham.
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Triplaris cumingiana'' Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
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Triplaris dugandii'' Brandbyge
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Triplaris fulva'' Huber
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Triplaris gardneriana'' Wedd.
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Triplaris melaenodendron'' (Bertol.) Standl. & Steyerm.
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Triplaris moyobambensis'' Brandbyge
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Triplaris peruviana'' Fisch. & Meyer ex C.A. Meyer
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Triplaris punctata'' Standl.
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Triplaris purdiae''
Meisn.
Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist.
Biography
Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...
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Triplaris purdiei'' Meisn.
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Triplaris setosa'' Rusby
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Triplaris vestita'' Rusby
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Triplaris weigeltiana'' (Rchb.) Kuntze
References
Polygonaceae genera
Dioecious plants
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