Endospermum is a genus of plants, under the family Euphorbiaceae and the monotypic subtribe Endosperminae first described as a genus in 1861[2][3] They are dioecious, rarely monoecious trees.[4] It is native to E + S + SE Asia, Papuasia, Queensland, and certain islands of the W Pacific.[1][5][4][6]
| Endospermum | |
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| Endospermum diadenum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
| Tribe: | Adenoclineae |
| Subtribe: | Endosperminae |
| Genus: | Endospermum Benth. 1861, conserved name, not Endl. 1841 (Fabaceae) |
| Synonyms[1] | |
- Species[1]
- Endospermum chinense - S China, Himalayas, N Indochina
- Endospermum diadenum - Andaman Is, S Thailand, W Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
- Endospermum domatiophorum - Papua New Guinea
- Endospermum macrophyllum - Fiji
- Endospermum medullosum - Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Is, Bismarck A, Santa Cruz Is, Vanuatu
- Endospermum moluccanum - Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Is, Bismarck A
- Endospermum myrmecophilum - Papua New Guinea, Queensland
- Endospermum ovatum - Mindanao
- Endospermum peltatum - Andaman & Nicobar, Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines
- Endospermum quadriloculare - S Thailand, W Malaysia, Sumatra
- Endospermum robbieanum - Vanua Levu in Fiji
- Formerly included
moved to Macaranga
- Endospermum perakense King ex Hook.f. - Macaranga amissa Airy Shaw
References
edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Bentham, George. 1861. Flora hongkongensis: a description of the flowering plants and ferns of the island of Hongkong 304 in English
- ^ Tropicos Endospermum Benth.
- ^ a b Guerrero, S.A. & van Welzen, P.C. (2011). revision of Malesian Endospermum (Euphorbiaceae) with notes on phylogeny and historical biogeography. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 443-482.
- ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 278 黄桐属 huang tong shu Endospermum Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 304. 1861.
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