Meliosma
| Meliosma Temporal range:[1]
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| Meliosma veitchiorum | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Sabiaceae |
| Genus: | Meliosma Blume |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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MillingtoniaRoxb. | |
Meliosmais agenusofflowering plantsin the familySabiaceae,native to tropical to warm temperate regions of southern and easternAsiaand theAmericas.It is traditionally considered to contain about 100species;some botanists[2]take a much more conservative view accepting only 20-25 species as distinct. They aretreesorshrubs,growing to 10–45 m tall.
Fossilevidence shows the genus formerly had a much wider range in theNorthern Hemisphere,including Europe and central Asia until the latePlioceneice ages,and somewhat earlier in North America.[3]At least 17 species of Meliosma are known fromPeru.[4]
TheIndian awlking(Choaspes benjaminii) is one of theLepidopterawhosecaterpillarsfeed onMeliosma;they have been found onM. pungens,rhoifolia,M. rigida,andM. squamulata.
Selected species
[edit]Asia
- Meliosma angustifolia
- Meliosma arnottiana(syn.Wellingtonia arnottiana)
- Meliosma beaniana
- Meliosma bifida
- Meliosma callicarpaefolia
- Meliosma cuneifolia
- Meliosma dentata
- Meliosma dilleniifolia
- Meliosma dumicola
- Meliosma flexuosa
- Meliosma fordii
- Meliosma glandulosa
- Meliosma henryi
- Meliosma kirkii
- Meliosma laui
- Meliosma longipes
- Meliosma myriantha
- Meliosma oldhamii
- Meliosma parviflora
- Meliosma paupera
- Meliosma pinnata
- Meliosma pungens
- Meliosma rhoifolia
- Meliosma rigida
- Meliosma simplicifolia
- Meliosma squamulata
- Meliosma sumatrana
- Meliosma thomsonii
- Meliosma thorelii
- Meliosma veitchiorum
- Meliosma velutina
- Meliosma yunnanensis
Americas
- Meliosma alba
- †Meliosma beusekomii
- Meliosma bogotana
- Meliosma brasiliensisUrb.
- Meliosma cordata
- Meliosma frondosa
- Meliosma glaziovii
- Meliosma herbertii
- Meliosma itatiaiae
- Meliosma linearifolia
- Meliosma littlei
- Meliosma meridensis
- Meliosma nesites
- Meliosma sellowii
- Meliosma sinuata
- Meliosma sirensis
- Meliosma vernicosa
- Meliosma youngii
Fossil record
[edit]Fossilendocarpsfrom the earlyMioceneofMeliosma wetteraviensis,have been found in theCzechpart of theZittauBasin.Stratigraphicalrange of this taxon is from the lateOligocenetoPlioceneofWestern EuropeandSiberia.[5]AdditionalMeliosmafossils have been found in the middle EoceneClarno FormationofOregon, USA,[6]and the PaleoceneFort Union FormationofWyoming.[1]
References
[edit]- ^abWing, S.L.; Alroy, J; Hickey, L.J. (1995)."Plant and mammal diversity in the Paleocene to Early Eocene of the Bighorn Basin".Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.115(1–4): 117.Bibcode:1995PPP...115..117W.doi:10.1016/0031-0182(94)00109-L.
- ^E.g. van Beusekom (1971)
- ^van Beusekom (1971)
- ^Gentry, A., 1992. Four New Species of Meliosma (Sabiaceae) from Peru. Novon, 2(2), p.155.
- ^Teodoridis, Vasilis (2003). "Early Miocene carpological material from the Czech part of the Zittau Basin".Acta Palaeobotanica.
- ^Retallack, G.J. (1996). "Reconstructions of Eocene and Oligocene plants and animals of central Oregon".Oregon Geology..
Further reading
[edit]- van Beusekom, C.F.(1971): Revision ofMeliosma(Sabiaceae), sectionLorenzaneaexcepted, living and fossil, geography and phylogeny.Blumea19:355–529.
External links
[edit]- Flora of Pakistan:Meliosma
- Flora of China:Meliosmaspecies list
- Flora of Ecuador:Meliosma
- IAC Herbarium (Brazil):Meliosmaspecies list
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