Biology:Peltophorum
| Peltophorum | |
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| Peltophorum pterocarpum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Genus: | Peltophorum (Vogel) Benth. |
| Type species | |
| Peltophorum vogelianum Benth. [nom. illegit.]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Baryxylum Lour. | |
Peltophorum is a genus of 5–15 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[2] The genus is native to certain tropical regions across the world, including northern South America, central and southern Africa, Indochina, southeastern China, Malesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia.[1] The species are medium-sized to large trees growing up to 15–25 m tall, rarely 50 m.[3][4]
Etymology
Peltophorum literally means "shield-bearing": from Greek pelt(ē) (πέλτη, "peltē shield"), with the interfix -o-, -phor(os) ("bearing") and Neo-Latin suffix -um.
It is a reference to the peltate (shield-like) form of the plant's stigma.[5]
Species
(As of September 2023), the following species were accepted by Plants of the World Online:[1]
- Peltophorum africanum Sond.
- Peltophorum dasyrhachis (Miq.) Kurz
- Peltophorum dubium (Spreng.) Taub.
- Peltophorum grande Prain
- Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) K.Heyne
- Peltophorum racemosum Merr.
- Peltophorum venezuelense L.Cardenas, Rodr.-Rodr. & Varela
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Peltophorum (Vogel) Benth..". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1166529-2.
- ↑ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
- ↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Peltophorum
- ↑ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN:0-333-47494-5.
- ↑ Blatter, Ethelbert; Millard, Walter Samuel (1977). Some beautiful Indian Trees (2 ed.). Mumbai: Bombay natural History Society. pp. 109–111. "The generic name Peltophorum means "shield-bearing" (from the ancient Greek word πέλτη [pĕltē] "a small light shield") and refers to the peltate stigma."
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q136770 entry
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