Putranjiva
| Putranjiva | |
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| Putranjiva roxburghii[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Putranjivaceae |
| Genus: | Putranjiva Wall. |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Putranjiva is a plant genus of the family Putranjivaceae, first described as a genus in 1826. It is native to Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, Japan, southern China, and New Guinea.[2]
Along with Drypetes (of the same family), it contains mustard oils as a chemical defense against herbivores.[3] The ability to produce glucosinolates is believed to have evolved only twice, in the Putranjivaceae and the Brassicales.[3]
Putranjiva roxburghii seen in Hebbal lake gardens bangalore
Putranjiva roxburghii seen in Hebbal lake gardens bangalore
- Species[2]
- Putranjiva formosana Kaneh. & Sasaki ex Shimada - Guangdong, Taiwan
- Putranjiva matsumurae Koidz. - Honsu + Ryukyu Islands in Japan
- Putranjiva roxburghii Wall. - Indian Subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka), Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea
- Putranjiva zeylanica (Thwaites) Müll.Arg. - Sri Lanka
References
- ↑ illustration from tab. 53 of D. Brandis, Illustrations of the Forest Flora of North-West and Central India, 1874
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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