Biology:Pterocymbium
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Short description: Genus of plants
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| Seeds of Pterocymbium tinctorium | |
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| P. tinctorium taken in Pesawaran Regency, Sumatra | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sterculioideae |
| Genus: | Pterocymbium R Brown, 1844 |
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Pterocymbium[1] is a genus in the family Malvaceae: in the subfamily Sterculioideae and previously placed in the Sterculiaceae.[2] In Indonesia, P. tinctorium (Kelumbuk) is a significant timber tree.
Species
Plants of the World Online[3] currently (2019) lists the following accepted species:
- Pterocymbium beccarii K.Schum. - New Guinea
- Pterocymbium dongnaiense Pierre - Laos and Vietnam§
- Pterocymbium dussaudii Tardieu - Laos
- Pterocymbium macranthum Kosterm. - Thailand and Myanmar
- Pterocymbium micranthum Mildbr. - Bismarck Archipelago
- Pterocymbium oceanicum A.C.Sm. - Fiji
- Pterocymbium parviflorum Merr. - Borneo
- Pterocymbium splendens Kosterm. - Borneo
- Pterocymbium stipitatum C.T.White & W.D.Francis n- New Guinea
- Pterocymbium tinctorium (Blanco) Merr. – Indo-China, Malesia (including Philippines)
- Pterocymbium tubulatum (Mast.) Pierre – Peninsular Malaysia
- Pterocymbium viridiflorum Teijsm. & Binn. ex Koord. - Sulawesi
§ In Viet Nam the name for this genus is Dực nang with two species listed:[4]
- P. dongnaiense Pierre: Dực nang Ðồng nai
- P. tinctorium (Blanco) Merr.: Dực nang nhuộm
Both are deciduous trees, approximately 25 m high, found in tropical forests.
References
- ↑ Brown R (1844) Pl. Jav. Rar. (Bennett) 219. t. 45.
- ↑ Roskov Y.; Kunze T. (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.". in Didžiulis V.. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/browse/tree/id/17090519. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ↑ Plants of the World Online: Pterocymbium R.Br. (retrieved 1 April 2019)
- ↑ Phạm Hoàng Hộ (1999) Cây Cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam vol. I publ. Nhà Xuẩt Bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5648314 entry
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