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Lodoicea

Lodoicea Comm. ex Labill. ?

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Liliopsida
Order:	Palmales
Family:	Arecaceae (Palmae)
Genus:	Lodoicea

Species

L. maldivica Gmelin

Ref. www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/plants Lodoicea (http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/plants/magnoliophyta/magnoliophytina/liliopsida/arecaceae/lodoicea/)
2003-06-28
based on Hutchinson, 1959,
The Families of Flowering Plants (2nd ed.).

Lodoicea is a genus of palm trees including the coco de mer, which has the largest seed of all plants.

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