Pterocymbium

Pterocymbium
Seeds of Pterocymbium tinctorium
P. tinctorium taken in Pesawaran Regency, Sumatra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Malvales
Family:Malvaceae
Subfamily:Sterculioideae
Genus:Pterocymbium
R Brown, 1844
Species

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Pterocymbium[1] is a genus in the family Malvaceae: in the subfamily Sterculioideae and previously placed in the Sterculiaceae.[2] In Indonesia, P. tinctorium (Kelumbuk) is a significant timber tree.

Species

In Viet Nam the name for this genus is Dực nang with two species listed:[3]

Both are deciduous trees, approximately 25 m high, found in tropical forests.

To date (March 2018) all species names are unresolved;[4] in addition the Catalogue of Life[2] lists:

  • Pterocymbium beccarii
  • Pterocymbium dussaudii
  • Pterocymbium macranthum
  • Pterocymbium micranthum
  • Pterocymbium oceanicum
  • Pterocymbium parviflorum
  • Pterocymbium splendens
  • Pterocymbium stipitatum
  • Pterocymbium tubulatum
  • Pterocymbium viridiflorum

References

  1. ↑ Brown R (1844) Pl. Jav. Rar. (Bennett) 219. t. 45.
  2. 1 2 Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V., ed. "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Phạm Hoàng Hộ (1999) Cây Cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam vol. I publ. Nhà Xuẩt Bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN
  4. ↑ http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Pterocymbium
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