Lansium
| Lansium | |
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| Lansium domesticum | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Melioideae |
| Genus: | Lansium Corrêa |
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Lansium is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, containing at least three species.[1] The species Lansium domesticum is a tropical fruit-bearing tree that is cultivated in tropical Southeast Asia, and on a much smaller scale elsewhere in the tropics. Other previously named species are now placed in the genera Aglaia, Epicharis and Reinwardtiodendron.
Taxonomy and related genera
[edit | edit source]The genus was named in 1807 by the Portuguese botanist José Francisco Corrêa da Serra.[2] As of 2024, Plants of the World Online recognizes the following species of Lansium.[1]
- Lansium breviracemosum Kosterm. - Lesser Sunda Islands
- Lansium domesticum Corrêa - type species - Malesia, introduced elsewhere in SE Asia
- Lansium membranaceum (Kosterm.) Mabb. - Sumatra
Note: "Lansium parasiticum", has been used in place of L. domesticum;
it is a synonym of Epicharis parasitica (also in the Meliaceae).
Phylogenetic studies suggest the following relationships amongst closely related genera:
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Plants of the World Online: Lansium Corrêa (retrieved 28 October 2024)
- ^ Corrêa JF (1807) Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 157.
External links
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