Glochidion
| Glochidion | |
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| Glochidion ramiflorum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Phyllanthoideae
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| Tribe: | Phyllantheae |
| Genus: | Glochidion J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. |
| Species | |
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About 300, see text | |
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Synonymy
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Glochidion is a
Glochidion are of note in the fields of pollination biology and coevolution because they have a specialized mutualism with moths in the genus Epicephala (leafflower moths), in which the moths actively pollinate the flowers—thereby ensuring that the tree may produce viable seeds—but also lay eggs in the flowers' ovaries, where their larvae consume a subset of the developing seeds as nourishment.[5][6][7] Other species of Epicephala are pollinators, and in some cases, non-pollinating seed predators, of certain species of plants in the genera Phyllanthus[8][9] and Breynia,[10][11] both closely related to Glochidion.[12] This relationship is similar to those between figs and fig wasps and yuccas and yucca moths.
Although the genus Glochidion is native only to the Old World, the East Asian species Glochidion puberum has become naturalized at several locations in the U.S. state of Alabama.[13][14]
In a 2006 revision of the Phyllanthaceae, it was recommended that Glochidion be subsumed in Phyllanthus.[15] New combinations in Phyllanthus have been published for Madagascar[16] and the Pacific Islands,[17] but most remain to be published.
Selected species
An incomplete listing:
- Glochidion apodogynum Airy Shaw[18]
- Glochidion barronense Airy Shaw[18]
- Glochidion benthamianum Domin[18]
- Glochidion bourdillonii
- Glochidion calocarpum
- Glochidion christophersenii
- Glochidion carrickii
- Glochidion comitum
- Glochidion disparipes Airy Shaw[18]
- Glochidion eriocarpum
- Glochidion ferdinandi (Mull.Arg.) F.M.Bailey - cheese tree, buttonwood, pencil cedar, water gum, rain tree[18]
- var. ferdinandi[18]
- var. pubens Airy Shaw[18]
- Glochidion gardneri (Thwaites.)
- Glochidion grantii
- Glochidion harveyanum Domin - buttonwood, daphne buttonwood[18]
- var. harveyanum[18]
- var. pubescens Airy Shaw[18]
- Glochidion hylandii Airy Shaw[18]
- Glochidion insulare
- Glochidion johnstonei
- Glochidion lanceolarium
- Glochidion lobocarpum (Benth.) F.M.Bailey[18]
- Glochidion longfieldiae
- Glochidion manono
- Glochidion marchionicum
- Glochidion moonii
- Glochidion moorei
- Glochidion myrtifolium
- Glochidion nadeaudii
- Glochidion orientalis
- Glochidion papenooense
- Glochidion pauciflorum
- Glochidion perakense Hook.f. - umbrella cheese tree, buttonwood[18]
- var. supra-axillare (Benth.) Airy Shaw[18]
- Glochidion philippicum (Cav.) C.B.Rob.[18]
- Glochidion pitcairnense
- Glochidion pruinosum Airy Shaw[18]
- Glochidion puberum
- Glochidion pungens Airy Shaw[18]
- Glochidion raivavense
- Glochidion ramiflorum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
- Glochidion rapaense
- Glochidion seemannii Müll.-Arg.
- Glochidion sessiliflorum Airy Shaw[18]
- var. pedicellatum Airy Shaw[18]
- var. sessiliflorum[18]
- var. stylosum Airy Shaw[18]
References
- ^ Glochidion J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-393-92592-0. Archivedfrom the original on 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
- ^ PLANTS Profile Archived 2013-05-10 at the Wayback Machine. USDA.gov. Accessed June 2, 2012.
- S2CID 32113455.
- PMID 12695568.
- PMID 21900312.
- from the original on 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- PMID 21653396.
- PMID 18948251.
- PMID 21652364.
- PMID 22848559.
- PMID 21646224.
- ^ Fearn, M. L.; Urbatsch, L. E. (2001). "Glochidion puberum (Euphorbiaceae) naturalized in southern Alabama". SIDA, Contributions to Botany. 19: 711–714.
- ^ "Glochidion puberum in Flora of North America @". Efloras.org. Archived from the original on 2017-04-11. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
- ^ Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra S.; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53.
- ^ Hoffmann, P. and McPherson, G., 2003. Transfer of Madagascan Glochidion to Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae sl or Phyllanthaceae). Novon 13(3):307-310.
- ^ Wagner WL, Lorence DH. A nomenclator of Pacific oceanic island Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae), including Glochidion. PhytoKeys. 2011(4):67-94
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "Glochidion%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
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