Putranjiva

Putranjiva
	Putranjiva roxburghii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Putranjivaceae
Genus:	Putranjiva; Wall.
Synonyms
	Nageia Roxb. 1832 not Gaertn. 1788; Palenga Thwaites; Liodendron H.Keng;

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]

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
^ ^a ^b ^c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ ^a ^b 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

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[1] ustration from tab. 53 of D. Brandis, Illustrations of the Forest Flora of North-West and Central India, 1874

[r-2] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[soltis-3] 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

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