Biology:Altingia
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| Genus: | Altingia Noronha
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Altingia is a genus of 11 species of flowering plants in the family Altingiaceae, formerly often treated in the related family Hamamelidaceae.[1] The genus is native to southeastern Asia, in Bhutan, Cambodia, southern China , India , Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is named in honor of Willem Arnold Alting (1724–1800), the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies when Noronha visited Java.[2]
They are evergreen trees growing to 10–50 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, simple unlobed, 4–15 cm long and 2–7 cm broad, with a serrated margin. The flowers are produced in a dense globose inflorescence, similar to those of the related genus Liquidambar.
Some recent genetic evidence suggests Altingia should be merged into a broader circumscription of Liquidambar, but other evidence maintains their separation.[3][4][5]
- Selected species
- Altingia chinensis
- Altingia excelsa
- Altingia gracilipes
- Altingia multinervis
- Altingia obovata
- Altingia poilanei
- Altingia siamensis
- Altingia tenuifolia
- Altingia yunnanensis
The leaves are used as food by the larvae of some Lepidoptera, including Endoclita damor.
References
- ↑ Zhang Zhiyun, Zhang Hongda (Chang Hung-ta), and Peter K. Endress. 2003. "Altingia". pages 19-21. In: Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven, and Hong, Deyuan (editors). Flora of China volume 9. Science Press: Beijing, China; Missouri Botanical Garden Press: St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
- ↑ Hayne F. G. 1830: Getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der in der Arzneykunde gebräuchlichen Gewächse. Vol. 11. Berlin. - Online
- ↑ Stephanie M. Ickert-Bond; Jun Wen (2006), "Phylogeny and biogeography of Altingiaceae: Evidence from combined analysis of five non-coding chloroplast regions", Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 512–528, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.003, PMID 16439163
- ↑ Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond; Kathleen B. Pigg; Jun Wen (2005), "Comparative infructescence morphology in Liquidambar (Altingiaceae) and its evolutionary significance", American Journal of Botany 92 (8): 1234–1255, doi:10.3732/ajb.92.8.1234, PMID 21646145, http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/92/8/1234.
- ↑ Stephanie M. Ickert-Bond; Kathleen B. Pigg; Jun Wen (2007), "Comparative infructescence morphology in Altingia (Altingiaceae) and discordance between morphological and molecular phylogenies", American Journal of Botany 94 (7): 1094–1115, doi:10.3732/ajb.94.7.1094, PMID 21636478
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