Biology:Mortoniodendron

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Mortoniodendron
Temporal range: Eocene–Recent
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Mortoniodendron
Standl. & Steyerm.
Synonyms
  • Orthandra Burret
  • A.Robyns & Bamps Westphalina

Mortoniodendron is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.[1]

Its native range is southern Mexico to Colombia. It is also found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panamá.[1] Fossils indicate that it has been in its present range since the Miocene. Eocene-aged pollen from Europe and Southern China attributable to the genus indicate a wider distribution in the Northern Hemisphere in the past.[2]

The genus name of Mortoniodendron is in honour of Conrad Vernon Morton (1905–1972), an American botanist who did notable writings on Ferns.[3] It was first described and published in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Series 17 on page 411 in 1938.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Mortoniodendron abelianum Al.Rodr.
  • Mortoniodendron anisophyllum (Standl.) Standl. & Steyerm.
  • Mortoniodendron apetalum Al.Rodr.
  • Mortoniodendron cauliflorum Al.Rodr.
  • Mortoniodendron costaricense Standl. & L.O.Williams
  • Mortoniodendron guatemalense Standl. & Steyerm.
  • Mortoniodendron hirsutum Standl.
  • Mortoniodendron longipedunculatum Al.Rodr.
  • Mortoniodendron membranaceum Standl. & Steyerm.
  • Mortoniodendron ocotense Ishiki & T.Wendt
  • Mortoniodendron palaciosii Miranda
  • Mortoniodendron pentagonum (Donn.Sm.) Miranda
  • Mortoniodendron ruizii Miranda
  • Mortoniodendron sulcatum Lundell
  • Mortoniodendron uxpanapense Dorr & T.Wendt
  • Mortoniodendron vestitum Lundell

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10332556 entry