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Bixaceae Kunth

First published in Malvac., Buttner., Tiliac. 17. 1822 [20 Apr 1822] (1822)nom. cons.

This family is accepted

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Heterotypic Synonyms

Cochlospermaceae Planch. in London J. Bot. 6: 305. 1847 [Jun-Jul 1847] , as 'Cochlospermeae' (1847)nom. cons.

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Malvales

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Family
Bixaceae

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

Trees of New Guinea

Backer, C.A. (1951). Bixaceae. Fl. Males., Ser. I, Spermat. 4: 239–241.
Laura V.S. Jennings (2022). Trees of New Guinea. Timothy M. A. Utteridge and Laura V. S. Jennings (Eds) Kew Publishing. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Poppendieck, H.H. (1980). A monograph of the Cochlospermaceae. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 101: 191–265.
Poppendieck, H.H. (2002). Bixaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 33–35. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Poppendieck, H.H. (2002). Cochlospermaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 71–74. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
van Steenis, C.G.G.J. (1949). Cochlospermaceae. Fl. Males., Ser. I, Spermat. 4: 61–63.

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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of West Tropical Africa
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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Trees of New Guinea
- Trees of New Guinea
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