Biology:Ctenolophon

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Ctenolophon
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - recent[1]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Ctenolophonaceae
Exell & Mendonça[2]
Genus: Ctenolophon
Oliv.

Ctenolophon is the only genus in the flowering plant family Ctenolophonaceae.[3] It has two recognized species:[4][5]

  • Ctenolophon englerianus Mildbr. - central Africa (Nigeria, Gabon, Zaire, Angola)
  • Ctenolophon parvifolius Oliv. - New Guinea and southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines )

This species is well-represented in fossil pollen from the Late Cretaceous onwards. Based on fossils, it was formerly also found in northern South America, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Indian Subcontinent.[1][6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Malpighiales". https://mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/orders/malpighialesweb.htm. 
  2. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. 
  3. Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. Christenhusz, M. J. M.; Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa (Magnolia Press) 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1. http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/download/phytotaxa.261.3.1/20598. 
  6. Van Der Ham, R. W. J. M. (1989-06-21). "New observations on the pollen of ctenolophon oliver (ctenolophonaceae), with remarks on the evolutionary history of the genus" (in en). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 59 (1): 153–160. doi:10.1016/0034-6667(89)90014-6. ISSN 0034-6667. Bibcode1989RPaPa..59..153V. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0034-6667%2889%2990014-6. 

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