Biology:Mathurina
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Mathurina penduliflora is the sole member of the monotypic genus Mathurina, of flowering plants.[1]
Description
Mathurina penduliflora is a tree native to the Rodrigues Island.[1]
Morphology
It grows 4 - 12 meters tall, young leaves are linear, mature leaves are obovate, and it has white hairless homostylous flowers.[2][3] Heterophylly has been recorded in the genus.[4]
Taxonomy
Isolation of tetraphyllin B and volkenin from M. penduliflora support its classification as a member of Turneroideae.[5]
Distribution
M. penduliflora is only found on the Rodrigues Island.[1]
Conservation status
As of 2024, M. penduliflora has not been given a conservation status.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mathurina Balf.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39584-1.
- ↑ "Order Malpighiales". https://taxateca.com/ordenmalpighiales.html.
- ↑ Shore, Joel S.; Arbo, Maria M.; Fernández, Aveliano (2006). "Breeding system variation, genetics and evolution in the Turneraceae" (in en). New Phytologist 171 (3): 539–551. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01807.x. ISSN 0028-646X. PMID 16866957. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01807.x.
- ↑ Balfour, Is. Bayley (1897). "Botany of Rodriguez". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 168: 321. doi:10.1098/rstl.1879.0035. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1879.0035.
- ↑ Wellendorph, Petrine; Clausen, Vicki; Jørgensen, Lise Bolt; Jaroszewski, Jerzy W (2001). "Cyclopentanoids of Mathurina penduliflora" (in en). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 29 (6): 649–651. doi:10.1016/S0305-1978(00)00091-0. PMID 11336813. Bibcode: 2001BioSE..29..649W. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0305197800000910.
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