Wilkiea

Wilkiea
Fruiting Wilkiea huegeliana at Barrenjoey, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Monimiaceae
Tribe: Mollinedieae[1]
Genus: Wilkiea
F.Muell.[2]
Species

See text.

Wilkiea is a genus of dioecious[3] trees and shrubs of the family Monimiaceae. They grow in Australia and New Guinea.[4][5] Mostly with toothed leaves which have short leaf stems. Leaves with many oil dots. The genus appears to have an Australian or southern origin.[6]

Species

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