Biology:Stelechocarpus
Stelechocarpus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae. Its native range is Indo-China to western and central Malesia.[1][2]
Description
Plants in this genus are trees growing to about 25 m (82 ft) in height with all parts hairless, or nearly so. They are Template:Botanygloss, i.e. flowers are either male or female, and both sexes are produced on each plant. Inflorescences emerge from warty protuberances on the trunk and branches, usually with the female inflorescences lower down on the tree than the male ones. Flowers have three sepals and two whorls of three petals each. Male flowers have many stamens; female flowers have few stamens and many carpels; the fruits are globose monocarps.[3][4]
Distribution
They are native to Thailand, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java and Sumatra.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker and Thomas Thomson in 1885.[5][6]
Species
As of December 2025[update], Plants of the World Online accepts the following three species:[1]
- Stelechocarpus burahol (Blume) Hook.f. & Thomson
- Stelechocarpus cauliflorus (Scheff.) R.E.Fr.
- Stelechocarpus expansus (Chaowasku) I.M.Turner
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Stelechocarpus (Blume) Hook.f. & Thomson". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:2139-1.
- ↑ "Stelechocarpus Hook.f. & Thomson". World Flora Online Consortium. 2025. https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000036391.
- ↑ Kessler, P.J.A. (1993). "Annonaceae". Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons. p. 113. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-02899-5. ISBN 978-3-642-08141-5.
- ↑ van Heusden, E.C.H. (1995). "Revision of the Southeast Asian genus Stelechocarpus (Annonaceae)". Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 40 (2): 429–438. https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/525174/BLUM1995040002010.pdf.
- ↑ Hooker, Joseph Dalton; Thomson, Thomas (1855). Flora Indica: Being a Systematic Account of the Plants of British India, Together with Observations on the Structure and Affinities of Their Natural Orders and Genera. London: W. Pamplin. p. 94. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38559391.
- ↑ Turner, I.M. (2016). "Notes on the Annonaceae of the Malay Peninsula". Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 68: 67–68. doi:10.3850/S2382581216000028.
Wikidata ☰ Q9079749 entry
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