Biology:Burkillanthus
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Short description: Genus of trees
| Burkillanthus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Subfamily: | Aurantioideae |
| Genus: | Burkillanthus Swingle[2] |
| Species: | B. malaccensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Burkillanthus malaccensis (Ridl.) Swingle[2]
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Burkillanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae, containing the single species Burkillanthus malaccensis.[1] It is native to Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo.[1] Its common name is Malay ghostlime.[3]
This species is part of the same subfamily (Aurantioideae), tribe (Citreae), and subtribe (Citrinae), as genus Citrus, and as such, it is known technically as a citrus fruit tree.[3] It grows on river banks and on ridges in primary and secondary forests.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group; & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2023). "Burkillanthus malaccensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T32106A215235026. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/32106/215235026. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Burkillanthus" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/35628-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Citrus Variety Collection. University of California, Riverside.
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