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Prasoxylon

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Prasoxylon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Subfamily: Melioideae
Genus: Prasoxylon
M.Roem. (1846)
Type species
Prasoxylon alliaceum
(Blume) M.Roem.[2]
Species[1]

7; see text

Prasoxylon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes seven species which range from Nepal and eastern India through Indochina to southern China, Taiwan, Malesia, Sri Lanka, Papuasia, and Queensland.[1]

The genus was first named by Max Joseph Roemer in 1846.[1] Most of the species currently accepted were until recently included in genus Dysoxylum. A genetic study published in 2021 found that Dysoxylum is polyphyletic, and Prasoxylon was revived and re-circumscribed.[2]

Species

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Seven species are accepted.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Prasoxylon M.Roem. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b Holzmeyer, L., Hauenschild, F., Mabberley, D.J. and Muellner-Riehl, A.N. (2021), Confirmed polyphyly, generic recircumscription and typification of Dysoxylum (Meliaceae), with revised disposition of currently accepted species. Taxon, 70: 1248-1272. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12591