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Terminalia actinophylla (Terminalia actinophylla)

Description

Terminalia actinophylla is a two-hearted plant species described by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius . Terminalia actinophylla is part of the genus Terminalia and the Combretaceae family . Terminalia is a genus of large trees of the flowering plant family Combretaceae, comprising around 100 species distributed in tropical regions of the world. This genus gets it name from Latin terminus, referring to the fact that the leaves appear at the very tips of the shoots.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Myrtales

            • Family: Combretaceae

              • Genus: Terminalia