Cyathocalyx
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]
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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. |
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
- Cyathocalyx acuminatus C.B.Rob.
- Cyathocalyx annamensis Ast.
- Cyathocalyx apoensis (Elmer) J.Sinclair
- Cyathocalyx cauliflorus K.Schum. & Lauterb.
- Cyathocalyx crassipetalus R.J.Wang & R.M.K.Saunders
- Cyathocalyx filiformis Ast.
- Cyathocalyx globosus Merr.
- Cyathocalyx hexagynus (Miq.) R.J.Wang & R.M.K.Saunders
- Cyathocalyx kingii Boerl. ex Koord.
- Cyathocalyx lucidus Diels
- Cyathocalyx magnifructus R.J.Wang & R.M.K.Saunders
- Cyathocalyx martabanicus Hook.f. & Thomson
- Cyathocalyx minahassae Koord.
- Cyathocalyx obtusifolius Becc. & Scheff.
- Cyathocalyx olivaceus (George King (botanist)King) J.Sinclair
- Cyathocalyx petiolatus Diels
- Cyathocalyx polycarpa C.T.White & W.D.Francis
- Cyathocalyx pubescens Scheff.
- Cyathocalyx samarensis R.J.Wang & R.M.K.Saunders
- Cyathocalyx sumatranus Scheff.
- Cyathocalyx vitiensis A.C.Sm.
- Cyathocalyx zeylanicus Champ. ex Hook.f. & Thomson
Unresolved species
- Cyathocalyx harmandii (Finet & Gagnep.) R.J.Wang & R.M.K.Saunders
- Cyathocalyx maingayi 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.
- http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Annonaceae/Cyathocalyx/
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