Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Antrocaryon
Description
Physical Description
Species Antrocaryon micraster
An emergent tree with {Entandrophragma} like leaf-arrangement, but a more lace-like foliage pattern , due to a sparsity of leaves in the crown. Deciduous. The cylindrical bole has no buttresses, smooth when young and scaly with age. The characteristic drupes can usually be found in the leaf-litter. Young leaves are reddish.
Habitat
Ecology: Emergent species in semi-deciduous forests . It regenerates in canopy gaps . It performs less well in burnt or heavily disturbed forests. [1].
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rutanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Sapindales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Anacardiaceae
()
- R. Br., in Tuckey, 1818, nom. cons.
- Genus:
Antrocaryon
()
- Pierre, 1898
- Specific epithet:
micraster
- A. Chev. & Guillaum.
- Botanical name: - Antrocaryon micraster A. Chev. & Guillaum.
- Specific epithet:
micraster
- A. Chev. & Guillaum.
- Genus:
Antrocaryon
(
- Family:
Anacardiaceae
(
- Order:
Sapindales
(
- Superorder:
Rutanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : A.Chev. & Guillaumin Publication : Bull . Soc. Bot. France 58(M?m. 8d): 152 1912 [1911 publ. 1912]
Similar Species
Members of the genus Antrocaryon
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Further Reading
- Contribution to an evaluation of tree species using the new CITES Listing Criteria CITES url p. 27, p. 433.
- Pre-project study on the conservation status of tropical timbers in trade. Final report to International Tropical Timber Organization. Vol 1 ITTO url p. 106, p. 99.
- The World List of Threatened Trees WCMC, IUCN url p. 60.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
- Hawthorne, W. 1998. Antrocaryon micraster. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 07, 2008:
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7143379
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:69226-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 69226-1
- IUCN ID: 191776
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1021244
Footnotes
- Hawthorne, W. 1998. Antrocaryon micraster. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
