Cyathocalyx
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Cyathocalyx | |
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Scientific classification | |
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[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Cyathocalyx — the Plant List".
Categories:
- Annonaceae genera
- Annonaceae
- Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker