Biology:Martellidendron
Martellidendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Pandanaceae, native to the Seychelles and Madagascar.[1][2] They bear a slight resemblance to palms, but are not closely related to them. Martellidendron was previously recognized as a section of the genus Pandanus in 1951 by Rodolfo Emilio Giuseppe Pichi-Sermolli,[3] then as a subgenus in 1974.[4] It was finally promoted to generic status in 2003 on the basis of phylogenetic studies that used chloroplast DNA sequence data.[2]
The genus name of Martellidendron is in honour of Ugolino Martelli (1860–1934), who was an Italian botanist, biologist, and mycologist,[5] plus dendron the Greek word for "tree".
The genus was circumscribed by Martin Wilhelm Callmander and Philippe Chassot in Taxon vol.52 (Issue 4) on page 755-762 in 2003.[1]
Morphology
Martellidendron plants are dioecious, that is, the male and female flowers are on separate plants. The male flowers have many stamens (as many as 100[2]), and grow in an inflorescence that consists of spikes surrounded by bracts.[2] As the female flowers mature, they merge into an oblong or spherical multiple fruit.[2] An individual fruit is a drupe with two chambers.[2]
Species
Martellidendron comprises six species;[1][2]
- Martellidendron androcephalanthos (Martelli) Callm. & Chassot
- Martellidendron cruciatum (Pic.Serm.) Callm. & Chassot
- Martellidendron gallinarum (Callm.) Callm.
- Martellidendron hornei (Balf.f.) Callm. & Chassot
- Martellidendron karaka (Martelli) Callm.
- Martellidendron kariangense (Huynh) Callm.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Martellidendron (Pic.Serm.) Callm. & Chassot | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:50425864-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Callmander, M.W.; Chassot, P.; Küpfer, P.; Lowry, P.P. (2003). "Recognition of Martellidendron, a new genus of Pandanaceae, and its biogeographic implications". Taxon 52 (4): 747–762. doi:10.2307/3647349.
- ↑ "Pandanus sect. Martellidendron Pic.Serm., Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 3(1): 20 (1951) (1951)". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. https://www.ipni.org/n/50425863-2.
- ↑ "Pandanus subgen. Martellidendron (Pic.Serm.) B.C.Stone, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 94(4): 512 (1974)". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. https://www.ipni.org/n/44066-1.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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