Apodytes

Apodytes abbottii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Metteniusales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Metteniusales

Familia: Metteniusaceae
Genus: Apodytes
Species: A. abbottii – A. bebile – A. brachystylis – A. clusiifolia – A. dimidiata – A. geldenhuysii – A. grandifolia – A. thouvenotii

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Apodytes in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec 17. Reference page.

Name

Apodytes E.Mey. ex Arn. J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 155. (1840)

• Type species: Apodytes dimidiata E.Mey. ex Arn. J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 155. (1840)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Hemilobium Welw. Syn. Madeir. Drog. Med. 20. (1862)
  • Anisomallon Baill. Adansonia 11: 197. (1874)
  • Jobalboa Chiov. in Racc. Bot.: 19 (1935)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & S. Africa to SW. Pacific Aldabra, Angola, Assam, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Laos References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Meyer, E.H.F. 1840. Journal of Botany, being a second series of the Botanical Miscellany 3: 155. BHL

Additional references

• Utteridge, T.M.A. & Schori, M. 2011. Updating Malesian Icacinaceae. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 63: 105–118. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Apodytes. Published online. Accessed: July 2 2016.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Apodytes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 July 2016.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Apodytes in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

suomi: Massimarjat
Tiếng Việt: Chi Sài long
中文: 柴龙树属

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