Putranjiva
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| Putranjiva | |
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| Putranjiva roxburghii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Putranjivaceae |
| Genus: | Putranjiva Wall. |
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Putranjiva is a plant genus of the family Putranjivaceae. Along with Drypetes (of the same family), it contains mustard oils as a chemical defense against herbivores.[1] The ability to produce glucosinolates is believed to have evolved only twice, in the Putranjivaceae and the Brassicales.[1]
Synonymy
The genus is also named:
- Liodendron H.Keng
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pamela S. Soltis and Douglas E. Soltis (2004), "The origin and diversification of angiosperms", American Journal of Botany 91 (10): 1614–1626, doi:10.3732/ajb.91.10.1614, PMID 21652312
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