Parasponia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Cannabaceae
Genus:
Species: P. andersonii – P. melastomatifolia – P. parviflora – P. rigida – P. rugosa

Name

Parasponia Miq. is unresolved as either an accepted name or synonym of Trema. However, the ability of the genus to form associations with Rhizobium in order to fix nitrogen is unique in the family and can form a legitimate basis for segregation.

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