Mauloutchia
Appearance
Mauloutchia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Magnoliales |
Family: | Myristicaceae |
Genus: | Mauloutchia (Baill.) Warb. |
Mauloutchia is a genus of trees endemic to the lowland eastern and northern rain forests of Madagascar. They can be distinguished by their non-monocyclic androecium with anthers basifixed and borne on short filaments.[1]
Species
[edit]According to the most recent revision of the genus[1] there are ten accepted species:
- Mauloutchia annickiae Sauquet
- Mauloutchia capuronii Sauquet
- Mauloutchia chapelieri (Baill.) Warb.
- Mauloutchia coriacea Capuron
- Mauloutchia echinocarpa Capuron ex Sauquet
- Mauloutchia heckelii Capuron
- Mauloutchia humboltii (H. Perrier) Capuron
- Mauloutchia parvifolia Capuron
- Mauloutchia rarabe (H. Perrier) Capuron
- Mauloutchia sambiranensis (Capuron) Sauquet
References
[edit]- ^ a b Sauquet, Hervé (2004). "Systematic revision of Myristicaceae (Magnoliales) in Madagascar, with four new species of Mauloutchia". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 146 (3): 351–368. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00343.x. ISSN 1095-8339.