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Annona montana Macfad.

Botany

Flowering plant

Annona montana Macfad.

This plant specimen, pressed and dried on a herbarium sheet, was collected in San Martín, Peru in 1935 by G. Klug. It belongs to the Annonaceae family (flowering plant) and is preserved so scientists can study it for generations.

San Martín, Peru

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