Peltophorum
Peltophorum | |
---|---|
Peltophorum pterocarpum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae[1] |
Genus: | Peltophorum |
Type species | |
Peltophorum vogelianum | |
Synonyms | |
|
Peltophorum is a genus of 5–15 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. The genus is native to certain tropical regions across the world. The species are medium-sized to large trees growing up to 15–25 m (rarely 50 m) tall.[2][3]
Blatter and Millard (1937) state:[4]
The generic name Peltophorum means "shield-bearing" (from the ancient Greek word ΄πέλτη΄ [pĕltē] "a small light shield") and refers to the peltate stigma.
Species
The following species are accepted by The Plant List:[5]
- Peltophorum acutifolium (J.R.Johnston) J.R.Johnston
- Peltophorum adnatum Griseb.
- Peltophorum africanum Sond.
- Peltophorum dasyrrhachis (Miq.) Kurz
- Peltophorum dubium (Spreng.) Taub.
- Peltophorum grande Prain
- Peltophorum linnaei Griseb.
- Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) K.Heyne
- Peltophorum racemosum Merr.
- Peltophorum venezuelense L.Cardenas et al.
References
- ↑ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
- ↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Peltophorum
- ↑ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
- ↑ Blatter, Ethelbert; Millard, Walter Samuel (1977) [1937]. Some beautiful Indian Trees (2 ed.). Mumbai: Bombay natural History Society. pp. 109–111.
- ↑ "Peltophorum". The Plant List. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
External links
Media related to Peltophorum at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Peltophorum at Wikispecies
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.