Kmeria

Kmeria is a genus of tree in the family Magnoliaceae, consisting of 5 species, native to eastern Asia in southern China and Indochina. The species Kmeria duperreana is known for yielding kmeriol.

Kmeria
Kmeria yunnanensis (Parakmeria yunnanensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Magnoliids
Order:
Magnoliales
Family:
Magnoliaceae
Genus:
Kmeria

Species
  • Kmeria duperreana
  • Kmeria lotungensis
  • Kmeria omeiensis
  • Kmeria septentrionalis
  • Kmeria yunnanensis

The genus was previously included in Magnolia, from which it was separated on the basis of its unisexual flowers and ventral mode of dehiscence. It is not accepted in the draft Magnoliaceae account in the Flora of China, where the species are divided between the genera Woonyongia (K. septentrionalis) and Parakmeria (the others).

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