Hydnocarpus
Hydnocarpus | |
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Hydnocarpus macrocarpus fruit | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Achariaceae |
Genus: | Hydnocarpus Gaertn. |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms | |
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Hydnocarpus[2] is a genus of medium to large trees in the Family Achariaceae; the genus was previously placed in the now defunct family Flacourtiaceae. Species have been recorded from Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Characteristics[]
Hydnocarpus has alternate leaves, small dioecious racemose flowers, and capsules of which several are sources of chaulmoogra oil and hydnocarpus oil. A species of Hydnocarpus is thought to host to the Peacock mite Tuckerella filipina.[citation needed]
Species[]
Plants of the World Online currently includes:[3]
- C.DC.
- Hydnocarpus alpinus Wight (H.alpina)
- Hydnocarpus annamensis Lescot & Sleumer ex Harwood & B.L.Webber
- H.L.Li
- (Merr.) Sleumer
- Sleumer
- Sleumer
- (Ridl.) Sleumer
- Craib
- Hydnocarpus castaneus Hook.f. & Thomson
- Merr.
- Seem.
- Sleumer
- Hydnocarpus cucurbitinus King (H. cucurbitana)
- King
- C.E.Parkinson & C.E.C.Fisch.
- Merr.
- Hydnocarpus filipes Symington & Sleumer
- Blume
- (Slooten) Sleumer
- Hydnocarpus hainanensis (Merr.) Sleumer
- Blume
- Hydnocarpus humei Ridl.
- King
- (King) Warb.
- Hydnocarpus kurzii (King) Warb. (= H. heterophyllus)
- Robi, Sasidh. & Jose
- (Bedd.) Warb.
- Sleumer
- Hydnocarpus nanus King (H. nana)
- Hydnocarpus octandrus Thwaites (H. octandra)
- Manilal, T.Sabu & Sivar.
- Hydnocarpus pentandrus (Buch.-Ham.) Oken
- synonym: Hydnocarpus wightianus Blume[6][7]
- Sleumer
- (Slooten) Sleumer
- Hydnocarpus saigonensis Pierre ex Gagnep.
- Hydnocarpus scortechinii King
- Merr.
- (Miq.) Koord. (= H. hutchinsonii)
- Sleumer
- Hydnocarpus venenatus Gaertn. (H. venetana) - type species
- C.E.Parkinson & C.E.C.Fisch.
- Merr.
- King
- Merr.
Note: A number of species were formerly in Taraktogenos.
References[]
- ^ "Hydnocarpus Gaertn". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-30. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ^ Gaertner (1788) De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum: accedunt seminum centuriae quinque priores cum tabulis Aeneis LXXIX. Stutgardiae, Tubingae 288. t. 60.
- ^ Plants of the World Online: Hydnocarpus Gaertn. (retrieved 11 June 2020)
- ^ POWO: Hydnocarpus anthelminthicus Pierre ex Laness. (retrieved 11 June 2020)
- ^ The Plant List: Hydnocarpus anthelminthicus Pierre ex Laness. (retrieved 11 June 2020)
- ^ POWO: Hydnocarpus wightianus Blume (retrieved 11 June 2020)
- ^ The Plant List: Hydnocarpus wightianus Blume (retrieved 11 June 2020)
External links[]
- Data related to Hydnocarpus at Wikispecies
- Media related to Hydnocarpus at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Hydnocarpus
- Malpighiales genera
- Dioecious plants