Glochidion
| Glochidion | |
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| Glochidion ramiflorum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Tribe: | Phyllantheae |
| Subtribe: | Flueggeinae |
| Genus: | Glochidion J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. |
| Species | |
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About 300, see text | |
Glochidion is a genus of flowering plants, of the family Phyllanthaceae. It comprises about 300 species,[1] distributed from Madagascar to the Pacific Islands. Glochidion species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Aenetus eximia and Endoclita damor.[2]
Selected species
An incomplete listing:
- Glochidion apodogynum Airy Shaw[3]
- Glochidion barronense Airy Shaw[3]
- Glochidion benthamianum Domin[3]
- Glochidion bourdillonii
- Glochidion christophersenii
- Glochidion carrickii
- Glochidion comitum
- Glochidion disparipes Airy Shaw[3]
- Glochidion eriocarpum
- Glochidion ferdinandi (Mull.Arg.) F.M.Bailey - cheese tree, buttonwood, pencil cedar, water gum, rain tree[3]
- Glochidion gardneri (Thwaites.)
- Glochidion grantii
- Glochidion harveyanum Domin - buttonwood, daphne buttonwood[3]
- Glochidion hylandii Airy Shaw[3]
- Glochidion insulare
- Glochidion johnstonei
- Glochidion lanceolarium
- Glochidion lobocarpum (Benth.) F.M.Bailey[3]
- Glochidion longfieldiae
- Glochidion manono
- Glochidion marchionicum
- Glochidion moonii
- Glochidion moorei
- Glochidion myrtifolium
- Glochidion nadeaudii
- Glochidion orientalis
- Glochidion papenooense
- Glochidion pauciflorum
- Glochidion perakense Hook.f. - umbrella cheese tree, buttonwood[3]
- var. supra-axillare (Benth.) Airy Shaw[3]
- Glochidion philippicum (Cav.) C.B.Rob.[3]
- Glochidion pitcairnense
- Glochidion pruinosum Airy Shaw[3]
- Glochidion puberum
- Glochidion pungens Airy Shaw[3]
- Glochidion raivavense
- Glochidion ramiflorum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
- Glochidion rapaense
- Glochidion seemannii Müll.-Arg.
- Glochidion sessiliflorum Airy Shaw[3]
- Glochidion sisparense
- Glochidion stellatum
- Glochidion stylosum
- Glochidion sumatranum Miq.[3]
- Glochidion symingtonii
- Glochidion taitense
- Glochidion temehaniense
- Glochidion tomentosum
- Glochidion tooviianum
- Glochidion xerocarpum (O.Schwarz) Airy Shaw[3]
References
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- ↑ Carl T. Bergstrom; Lee Alan Dugatkin (2012). Evolution. Norton. p. 630. ISBN 978-0-393-92592-0.
- ↑ PLANTS Profile. USDA.gov. Accessed June 2, 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 "Glochidion%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 1 June 2013.