Cyathocalyx

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Cyathocalyx
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Subfamily: Ambavioideae
Genus: Cyathocalyx
Champ. ex Hook. f. & Thomson
Species

22, see text.

Cyathocalyx is a small genus with about 22 species distributed from southern India, Sri Lanka, through Malaysia, Indomalayan islands and reaches as far as Fiji in the South Pacific.[1]

The salient features of the genus includes- monopodial trees, supra-axillary or nearly leaf-opposed inflorescences, six petals which are basally concave and constricted above the reproductive organs to form a "pollination chamber".

The genus consists 22 identified species with two unresolved species.[2]

Species[]

  • C.B.Rob. peninsular malaysia
  • Ast.
  • (Elmer) J.Sinclair
  • K.Schum. & Lauterb.
  • R.J.Wang & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Ast.
  • Merr.
  • (Miq.) R.J.Wang & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Boerl. ex Koord. Peninsular malaysia
  • Diels
  • Cyathocalyx maingayi Hook. f. & Thomson peninsular malaysia
  • Cyathocalyx magnifica *peninsular malaysia
  • R.J.Wang & R.M.K.Saunders. malaysia (sbh.srwk)
  • Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Koord.
  • Becc. & Scheff.
  • () J.Sinclair peninsular malaysia
  • Diels. Peninsular malaysia
  • C.T.White & W.D.Francis
  • Scheff.
  • R.J.Wang & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Cyathocalyx scortechinii (King) J.Sinclair. peninsular malaysia
  • Scheff.
  • A.C.Sm.
  • Cyathocalyx zeylanicus Champ. ex Hook.f. & Thomson. Peninsular malaysia

Unresolved species[]

  • (Finet & Gagnep.) R.J.Wang & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Hook.f. & Thomson

References[]

  1. ^ Wang, R.J and Saunders, R.M.K.S (2006) A synopsis of Cyathocalyx species (Annonaceae) in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneom with descriptions of two new species. Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society. 152,513-532.
  2. ^ "Cyathocalyx — the Plant List".
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