PLANTS Profile for Guarea guidonia (American muskwood)

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Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer
American muskwood

Symbol:

GUGU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Meliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

PR		N
VI		N

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Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer

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Synonyms:
Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer

	GUGU2	Guarea guara (Jacq.) P. Wilson
	GUTR3	Guarea trichilioides L.
	SAGU2	Samyda guidonia L.

Distribution:
Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer


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USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer

View 16 genera in Meliaceae, 2 species in Guarea

Classification:
Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Sapindales
Family	Meliaceae – Mahogany family
Genus	Guarea Allam. ex L. – guarea
Species	Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer – American muskwood

More Accounts and Images:
Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29019.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 11:50 PM CST