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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Tribe: | Miliuseae |
| Genus: |
Mitrephora ( Blume) Hook.f. & Thomson |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Kinginda Kuntze | |
The genus Mitrephora, of family Annonaceae, [1] comprises around 50 species of trees and shrubs found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. The area of distribution extends from China in the North ( Hainan, Yunnan) down to Queensland, Australia in the South. The genus is widely found in southern India ( Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu) and Southeast Asia. It reaches a maximum of diversity in Borneo and the Philippines.
Description
Mitrephora are a genus of trees that are often tall. They have leathery leaves. They have 3 rounded sepals. Their flowers have 6 petals arranged in two whorls. The edges of the petals in each whorl touch one another. The exterior petals are oval with somewhat conspicuous venation. The interior petals have a basal claw with a vaulted blade. Their flowers have numerous oblong to wedge-shapted stamen with dorsally positioned bi-lobed anthers. Their flowers have hairless carpels with oblong ovaries. Within the ovaries the numerous ovules are positioned axially in two rows. Its elongated styles are grooved on the inside. [2]
Species
Plants of the World Online includes: [1]
- Mitrephora alba Ridl.
- Mitrephora amdjahii Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
- Mitrephora andamanica Thoth. & D.Das
- Mitrephora basilanensis Merr.
- Mitrephora cagayanensis Merr.
- Mitrephora calcarea Diels ex Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
- Mitrephora chulabhorniana Damth., Aongyong & Chaowasku
- Mitrephora clemensiorum Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
- Mitrephora diversifolia (Span.) Miq. (synonym M. zippeliana)
- Mitrephora endertii Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
- Mitrephora ferruginea Boerl. ex Koord.-Schum.
- Mitrephora fragrans Merr.
- Mitrephora glabra Scheff.
- Mitrephora grandiflora Bedd.
- Mitrephora harae H.Ohashi
- Mitrephora heyneana (Hook.f. & Thomson) Thwaites
- Mitrephora imbricatarum-apicum H.Okada
- Mitrephora keithii Ridl.
- Mitrephora korthalsiana Miq.
- Mitrephora kostermansii Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
- Mitrephora lanotan (Blanco) Merr.
- Mitrephora longipetala Miq.
- Mitrephora macclurei Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
- Mitrephora macrocarpa (Miq.) Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
- Mitrephora maingayi Hook.f. & Thomson
- Mitrephora monocarpa R.M.K.Saunders & Chalermglin
- Mitrephora multifolia Elmer ex Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
- Mitrephora obtusa (Blume) Hook.f. & Thomson
- Mitrephora pallens Jovet-Ast
- Mitrephora petelotii Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
- Mitrephora phanrangensis Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
- Mitrephora pictiflora Elmer
- Mitrephora poilanei Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
- Mitrephora polypyrena (Blume) Zoll.
- Mitrephora reflexa Merr.
- Mitrephora rufescens Ridl.
- Mitrephora samarensis Merr.
- Mitrephora simeuluensis Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
- Mitrephora sirikitiae Weeras., Chalermglin & R.M.K.Saunders
- Mitrephora sorsogonensis Elmer ex Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
- Mitrephora sundaica Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
- Mitrephora tomentosa Hook.f. & Thomson
- Mitrephora uniflora Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
- Mitrephora vittata Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
- Mitrephora vulpina C.E.C.Fisch.
- Mitrephora wangii Hu
- Mitrephora weberi Merr.
- Mitrephora williamsii C.B.Rob.
- Mitrephora winitii Craib
- Mitrephora woodii Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
References
- ^ a b "Mitrephora (Blume) Hook.f. & Thomson". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ Hooker, Joseph Dalton; Thomson, Thomas (1855). Flora Indica (in English and Latin). London: W. Pamplin. p. 112.