Merrilliodendron

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Merrilliodendron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Icacinales
Family: Icacinaceae
Genus: Merrilliodendron
Kaneh.
Species:
M. megacarpum
Binomial name
Merrilliodendron megacarpum
(
Hemsl.) Sleumer
Synonyms
  • Mangifera xylocarpa Lauterb.
  • Merrilliodendron rotense Kaneh.
  • Peekeliodendron missionariorum Sleumer
  • Stemonurus megacarpus Hemsl.

Merrilliodendron is a

monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Icacinaceae. It has a synonym of Peekeliodendron Sleumer.[1] The only species is Merrilliodendron megacarpum (Hemsl.) Sleumer[2]

Its native range is Central

Marianas, New Guinea, Philippines, the Santa Cruz Islands, the Solomon Islands and Sulawesi.[2]

The genus name of Merrilliodendron is in honour of

taxonomist,[3] and also 'dendron' meaning tree. The Latin specific epithet of megacarpum is derived from the Greek word megacarpus meaning 'with big fruit'.[4] The genus was first described and published in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) Vol.48 on page 920 in 1934,[1] and then the species was first described and published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem Vol.15 on page 243 in 1940.[2]

See also

List of endemic plants in the Mariana Islands

References

  1. ^ a b "Merrilliodendron Kaneh. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Merrilliodendron megacarpum (Hemsl.) Sleumer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  3. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5
    . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ISBN 184533731X
    .
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