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Interesting Facts
Description
Genus Mangifera
Trees
with simple
, entire leaves. Flowers disposed in terminal
panicles, small and polgamous. Calyx deciduous. Petals 4-5, imbricate. Stamens as many as the petals, with only 1 functional stamen. Ovary unilocular
, with a solitary ovule; style filiform
. Fruit a large succulent drupe.
A genus of 40 species in S.E. Asia and Indo-Malaya.[1]
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [2].
Ecology: Lowland wet evergreen forest .[2].
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:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rutanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Sapindales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Anacardiaceae
()
- R. Br., in Tuckey, 1818, nom. cons.
- Tribe:
Anacardieae
()
- Genus:
Mangifera
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
superba
- Hook.f.
- Botanical name: - Mangifera superba Hook.f.
- Specific epithet:
superba
- Hook.f.
- Genus:
Mangifera
(
- Tribe:
Anacardieae
(
- Family:
Anacardiaceae
(
- Order:
Sapindales
(
- Superorder:
Rutanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Hook.f. Publication : Fl. Brit . India [J. D. Hooker] 2: 19 1876 [May 1876]
Similar Species
Members of the genus Mangifera
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 32 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
M. altissima (Pahutan) · M. caesia (Binjai) · M. camptosperma (Bent-Seeded Mango) · M. casturi (Kalimantan Mango) · M. foetida (Horse Mango) · M. indica (Mango) · M. indica var. Julie (Julie Mango) · M. indica 'Ataulfo' (Mango Ataulfo) · M. indica 'Bailey's Marvel' (Mango) · M. indica 'Beverly' (Mango) · M. indica 'Bombay' (Mango) · M. indica 'Carrie' (Mango) · M. indica 'East Indian' (Mango) · M. indica 'Glenn' (Mango) · M. indica 'Golden Nugget' (Mango) · M. indica 'Haden' (Mango) · M. indica 'Jakarta' (Mango) · M. indica 'Keitt' (Mango) · M. indica 'Kent' (Mango) · M. indica 'Mallika' (Mango) · M. indica 'Nam Doc Mai' (Mango) · M. indica 'Palmer' (Mango) · M. indica 'Philippine' (Mango) · M. indica 'Tfe 02' (Mango 'tfe 02') · M. indica 'Tommy Atkins' (Mango) · M. longipes (Mango Ayer) · M. odorata (Kwini) · M. pentandra (Malaysian Mango) · M. persiciformis (Peach-Shaped Mango) · M. rufocostata (Asem Kiat) · M. siamensis (Thai Mango) · M. sylvatica (Pickling Mango)
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Further Reading
- 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 48.
- Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url p. 410, p. 424, p. 439.
- The Philippine journal of science. 6 1911 Manila. url p. 338.
- The World List of Threatened Trees WCMC, IUCN url p. 340.
- The flora of the Malay Peninsula. By Henry N. Ridley, with illus. by J. Hutchinson. London, L. Reeve & co., ltd., 1922-25. url p. 521.
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 12, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Mangifera superba. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7141433
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:69976-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 69976-1
- IUCN ID: 221532
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1019974
Footnotes
- Yasin J. Nasir "Mangifera". in Flora of Pakistan Page 19. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Mangifera superba. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
