Biology:Lansium

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Lansium
Lansium domesticum Blanco1.117-cropped.jpg
Lansium parasiticum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Subfamily: Melioideae
Genus: Lansium
Corrêa
Species
Synonyms
  • Lachanodendron Reinw. ex Blume
  • Plutea Noronha

Lansium is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, containing at least three species.[1][2] The species Lansium parasiticum (synonym L. domesticum Corrêa) is a tropical fruit-bearing tree that is cultivated in tropical Southeast Asia, and on a much smaller scale elsewhere in the tropics. Other previously named species are now placed in the genera Aglaia and Reinwardtiodendron.

Taxonomy and related genera

The genus was named in 1807 by the Portuguese botanist José Francisco Corrêa da Serra. As of 2021, the Catalogue of Life recognizes three species of Lansium.[1]

  • Lansium breviracemosum Kosterm.
  • Lansium domesticum Corrêa
  • Lansium membranaceum (Kosterm.) Mabb.

Phylogenetic studies suggest the following relationships amongst closely related genera:

Lansium Corrêa

Reinwardtiodendron Koord.

Heckeldora Pierre

Vavaea Benth.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q11983219 entry