Mathurina
| Mathurina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Passifloraceae |
| Subfamily: | Turneroideae |
| Genus: | Mathurina Balf.f. |
| Species: | M. penduliflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Mathurina penduliflora Balf.f.
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Mathurina penduliflora is the sole member of the monotypic genus Mathurina, of flowering plants.[1]
Description
[edit]Mathurina penduliflora is a tree native to the Rodrigues Island.[1]
Morphology
[edit]It grows 4 - 12 meters tall, young leaves are linear, mature leaves are obovate, and it has white hairless homostylous flowers.[2][3] Heterophylly has been recorded in the genus.[4]
Taxonomy
[edit]Isolation of tetraphyllin B and volkenin from M. penduliflora support its classification as a member of Turneroideae.[5]
Distribution
[edit]M. penduliflora is only found on the Rodrigues Island.[1]
Conservation status
[edit]As of 2024, M. penduliflora has not been given a conservation status.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Mathurina Balf.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Order Malpighiales". taxateca.com. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ^ Shore, Joel S.; Arbo, Maria M.; Fernández, Aveliano (2006). "Breeding system variation, genetics and evolution in the Turneraceae". New Phytologist. 171 (3): 539–551. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01807.x. hdl:11336/41821. ISSN 0028-646X. PMID 16866957.
- ^ Balfour, Is. Bayley (1897). "Botany of Rodriguez". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 168: 321. doi:10.1098/rstl.1879.0035. S2CID 186212545.
- ^ Wellendorph, Petrine; Clausen, Vicki; Jørgensen, Lise Bolt; Jaroszewski, Jerzy W (2001). "Cyclopentanoids of Mathurina penduliflora". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 29 (6): 649–651. Bibcode:2001BioSE..29..649W. doi:10.1016/S0305-1978(00)00091-0. PMID 11336813.