Uniostium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae. It includes a single species, Uniostium velutinifolium, a tree native to tropical South America, ranging from Curaçao to Venezuela, northeastern Colombia, Guyana, and Roraima state of northern Brazil.[1]

Uniostium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Genus: Uniostium
J.D.Mitch. & Daly
Species:
U. velutinifolium
Binomial name
Uniostium velutinifolium
(R.S.Cowan) J.D.Mitch. & Daly
Synonyms[1]
  • Bursera velutinifolia R.S.Cowan (1952) (basionym)
  • Cyrtocarpa velutinifolia (R.S.Cowan) J.D.Mitch. & Daly
  • Loxopterygium gutierrezii F.A.Barkley
  • Tapirira velutinifolia (R.S.Cowan) Marc.-Berti

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