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Taxonomy

Notes:

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:535. 1753

Name verified on 12-May-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 12-May-1995

Physical Description

Genus Dillenia:

Trees, rarely shrubs, evergreen or rarely deciduous. Bark red, gray, or brown. Leaves simple, alternate, to 50 cm, with or without persistent or deciduous amplexicaul wings. Flowers solitary or in few- to many-flowered racemes, large. Sepals (4 or) 5(-18), fleshy, often accrescent. Petals (4 or) 5(-7) or absent. Stamens very numerous, inner often with longer anthers than outer; anthers dehiscing by 2 (sub) apical pores or less often by 2 longitudinal slits, connective narrow, linear. Carpels partially joined, 4-20, adnate to conical receptacle; ovules 1 to numerous per carpel. Fruit enclosed by enlarged sepals, carpels dehiscing along ventral suture or indehiscent. Seeds usually only 1 or few per carpel, arillate or not.

About 65 species: Madagascar to Fiji, most species in tropical Asia; three species in China.^[1]

Habit: Tree

Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May, June, July, August. • Flower Color: near white, white

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Distribution

Range and Population

Caribbean

Native: .

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Dillenia:

There are approximately 122 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: D. alata · D. albertisiana · D. albiflos · D. andamanica · D. andreana · D. aurea · D. auriculata · D. baillonii · D. beccariana · D. biflora · D. blanchardii · D. bolsteri · D. borneensis · D. bracteata · D. burbidgei · D. calothyrsa · D. castaneifolia · D. castanifolia · D. catmon · D. cauliflora · D. celebica · D. crassisepala · D. crenata · D. dentata · D. diantha · D. elata · D. elliptica · D. elmari · D. elmeri · D. elongata · D. excelsa · D. eximia · D. fagifolia · D. ferruginea · D. fischeri · D. floribunda · D. glabra · D. grandifolia · D. grossulariaefolia · D. grossulariifolia · D. hainanensis · D. harmandii · D. heterosepala · D. hirta · D. hookeri · D. humilis · D. in · D. in gen · D. indica (Chulta) · D. ingens · D. insignis · D. integra · D. kerrii · D. longe-petiolata · D. luzoniensis · D. macdonaldi · D. macrocarpa · D. macrophylla · D. madagascarensis · D. madagascariensis · D. magnicapsula · D. magnoliifolia · D. mansonii · D. marsupialis · D. mattadensis · D. megalantha · D. micrantha · D. mindanaensis · D. minor · D. misorensis · D. monantha · D. montana · D. neo-ebudica · D. oblonga · D. obovata · D. ochreata · D. ornata · D. ovalifolia · D. ovata (Ovate Dillenia) · D. papuana · D. papyracea · D. parkinsonii · D. parviflora · D. parvifolia · D. pauciflora · D. pedunculata · D. pentagyna · D. philippinensis (Philippine Dillenia) · D. pilosa · D. procumbens · D. pteropoda · D. pulchella · D. pulcherrima · D. racemosa · D. radicans · D. reifferscheidia · D. reifferscheidtia · D. repanda · D. reticulata · D. retusa

Bibliography

• Burkill, H. M. 1985–2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. (Use Pl WT Afr)
• Burkill, H. M. 1985. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. (Cornucopia) 1:649–650.
• DeFilipps, R. A. 1992. Ornamental garden plants of the Guianas. (Orn Pl Guian)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana. (F Males)
• Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. (Dict Econ Pl) 180.

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Notes

Contributors:

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 23, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 27, 2008)

Data Sources:

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 23, 2007:

• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
• SysTax, SysTax

Identifiers:

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 506116
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13789668
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316684-1
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: DIIN6
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 35613

Footnotes:

1. "Dillenia". in Flora of China Vol. 12 Page 332. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.