Lepidobotryaceae (Noun)
Meaning
Family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Scientists finally placed the enigmatic tree in the family Lepidobotryaceae, after years of misclassification.
- It wasn't until the 2000s that a second species of Lepidobotryaceae was found outside of Africa.
- Prior to 2008, the Lepidobotryaceae family was confined to Africa or so experts thought.
- The finding of Lepidobotryaceae in Madagascar allowed researchers a better understanding of the family's history.
- Recent genetic studies have shed light on why Lepidobotryaceae is distantly related to other known tropical tree species.