Pterocymbium

Pterocymbium tinctorium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Sterculioideae
Genus: Pterocymbium
Species: P. beccarii – P. dongnaiense – P. dussaudii – P. macranthum – P. micranthum – P. oceanicum – P. parviflorum – P. splendens – P. stipitatum – P. tinctorium – P. tubulatum – P. viridiflorum

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pterocymbium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 05. Reference page.

Name

Pterocymbium R.Br. (1844)

• Type species: Pterocymbium javanicum R.Br.

Note:

The genus is paraphyletic within Scaphium (Wilkie 2006).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-tropical Regional: Indian subcontinent Andaman Is., Assam Regional: Southeastern Asia Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Fiji, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. (1844) Pterocymbium, with observations on Sterculieæ, the tribe to which it belongs: 219 [1].

Additional references

• Singh, B. & al. (2013) Pterocymbium tinctorium (Merrill, 1901) (Magnoliophyta: Malvales: Sterculiaceae: Sterculioideae): New record from mainland India and extension of geographic distribution. Check List 9 (3): 622–625 [2].
• Wilkie, P. (2006) Systematic studies in South East Asian Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae. Thesis (Ph.D.). University of Aberdeen.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pterocymbium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Pterocymbium. Published online. Accessed: November 05 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Pterocymbium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 05. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Pterocymbium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 November 2023.

Vernacular names

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