Biology:Lindleya
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Short description: Genus of trees
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| Lindleya mespiloides Illustration by Pierre Jean François Turpin from Kunth, Bonpland, and Humboldt's Nova genera et species plantarum (1815–1825) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amygdaloideae |
| Tribe: | Maleae |
| Genus: | Lindleya Knuth |
| Species: | L. mespiloides
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| Binomial name | |
| Lindleya mespiloides Kunth
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Lindleya is a genus of Mexican evergreen trees of the family Rosaceae, tribe Maleae.[1] The sole species, Lindleya mespiloides, grows to a height of 6 metres (20 ft) and bears solitary white fragrant flowers in summer. The fruit are dry dehiscent capsules.[2]
Taxonomic history
Lindleya, along with Vauquelinia and Kageneckia were formerly placed in family Quillajaceae. It shares a base chromosome number of 17 with the pome-fruited members of tribe Maleae within the Rosaceae.[3]
Notes
- ↑ "Gen. Lindleya Kunth", Germplasm Resources Information Network (Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture), https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=6865, retrieved 2024-01-02
- ↑ Evans, R.C.; Campbell, C.S. (2002). "The origin of the apple subfamily (Rosaceae: Maloideae) is clarified by DNA sequence data from duplicated GBSSI Genes". American Journal of Botany 89 (9): 1478–1484. doi:10.3732/ajb.89.9.1478. PMID 21665749. http://biology.umaine.edu/Amelanchier/Origin%20of%20Maloideae.pdf.
- ↑ Campbell, C.S.; Evans, R.C.; Morgan, D.R.; Dickinson, T.A.; Arsenault, M.P. (2007). "Phylogeny of subtribe Pyrinae (formerly the Maloideae, Rosaceae): Limited resolution of a complex evolutionary history". Plant Systematics and Evolution 266 (1–2): 119–145. doi:10.1007/s00606-007-0545-y. http://biology.umaine.edu/Amelanchier/Pyrinae_2007.pdf.
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