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Description
Genus Calophyllum
Trees
or shrubs
, with clear [or milky
or yellow] latex. Apical buds rarely abortive
; buds lacking (or with) scales
. Leaves opposite, petiolate
[or rarely sessile], leathery, usually glabrous
; secondary veins many, almost perpendicular to midvein
, ± prominent
above; tertiary venation
absent; translucent
glandular
canals present between veins. Inflorescence cymose
or thyrsiform, terminal
or axillary
. Flowers bisexual
[or rarely unisexual
]. Sepals and petals together 4-12 (usually 4 + 4 in Chinese species), 2- or 3-whorled, not always differentiated, outer (sepals) decussate, inner (petals) imbricate. Stamens many, not obviously fascicled; filaments
scarcely united
or all free
, slender; anthers
erect
, basifixed
; fasciclodes absent. Ovary 1-loculed, glabrous [tomentose
], with a single erect ovule; style elongate
, slender; stigma often peltate. Drupelike berry with thin exocarp
("skin"), thin fleshy
mesocarp
and thin endocarp sometimes adherent
to seed. Seed 1, large, with thin [or thick] testa ("stone") ; embryo with broad fleshy cotyledons.
About 187 species: tropical regions
, mainly in Asia, but also in E Africa, tropical
America, Madagascar, the Mascarenes, and Australasia; four species in China.[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
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Theanae
()
- Thorne Ex Reveal, 1993
- Order:
Malpighiales
()
- C. Martius, 1835
- Family:
Guttiferae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Kielmeyeroideae
()
- Tribe:
Calophylleae
()
- Genus:
Calophyllum
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1753
- Camas
- Specific epithet:
lowei
- Planch. & Triana
- Botanical name: - Calophyllum lowei Planch. & Triana
- Specific epithet:
lowei
- Planch. & Triana
- Genus:
Calophyllum
(
- Tribe:
Calophylleae
(
- Subfamily:
Kielmeyeroideae
(
- Family:
Guttiferae
(
- Order:
Malpighiales
(
- Superorder:
Theanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Planch. & Triana Publication : Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. s?r. 4, 15: 271 1861
Similar Species
Members of the genus Calophyllum
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. antillanum (Alexandrian Laurel) · C. cholobtaches (Calophyllum) · C. inophyllum (Alexandrian Laurel) · C. inophyllum 'Albo Variegata' (Asian Beautyleaf)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4549397
Footnotes
- Xi-wen Li, Jie Li & Peter Stevens "Calophyllum". in Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 1, 38. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
