| Balanops | |
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| Balanops australiana | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Balanopaceae Benth. &Hook.f.[1] |
| Genus: | Balanops Baill. |
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Balanops is a group offlowering plants described as a genus in 1871.[3][4] The nine species aretrees orshrubs, found inNew Caledonia,Fiji,Vanuatu, and northernQueensland.[5] They aredioecious, with separate male and female plants.[6]
The genus by itself constitutes thefamilyBalanopaceae (formerly the spellingBalanopsidaceae was also used). It is placed in the orderMalpighiales and is related toChrysobalanaceae,Dichapetalaceae,Euphroniaceae andTrigoniaceae.
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