Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum

Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum (Chinese: 异叶花椒) is a tree from the family Rutaceae.[2][3]

Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Zanthoxylum
Species:
Z. dimorphophyllum
Binomial name
Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum

Description

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Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum is a deciduous tree that is typically 10 metres (33 ft) tall.[2] It is primarily found in moist areas within thickets, upland forests, and hillside open forests, including, but not limited to, in the countries of Thailand, China, and Vietnam.[2] Its branches are unarmed or with minimal prickles, and are grayish black in color at maturity, with rust-colored young branchlets and shoots.[2] Its fruit follicles are purplish red, 6-8 millimeters in diameter and sparsely pubescent when young, with sparse oil glands, stipitate, and shortly beaked apex.[2] The leaves contain have been recorded as having 28 mg/g of leaf nitrogen per dry mass.[3] Male flowers have 4-6 stamens while female flowers have 4-5 staminodes.[2]

Classification

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The species was recorded as a species in Oxford's Annals of Botany in 1895. [4] It would later be accepted as a species in 2003's Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam and 2008's Flora of China.[5]

There are three published varieties, including Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum var. dimorphophyllum which has been found with a margin of leaflet blades with spines, Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum var. multifoliolatum (C. C. Huang) which has been found with 3 to 5 leaflets, and Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum var. spinifolium (Rehder & E. H. Wilson) which has been found with 7 to 11 leaflets.[2] In 1997, C. C. Huang mistakenly classified Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum as a synonym for Z. ovalifolium Wight, which is found from India to Northeast Australia, not in the same East and Southeast Asian forests that Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum appears.[2] This classification is still found in some records.[6] Fagara dimorphophylla has previously been recorded as a possible synonym,[5] which itself was identified in 1896 though later published as "not accepted" in 2001 World Checklist of Seed Plants Database.[7]

A 2001 study on the compounds of Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum var spinifolium, isolated five compounds including the new 6-(2',3'-dihydroxy-3'-methybutyl)-7-acetoxy-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one.[8] A 2020 study hoping to identify compounds for the purpose of pest control isolated two new coumarins from Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum var spinifolium.[9]

References

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  1. ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2022). "Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T215235190A215235192. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T215235190A215235192.en. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum in Flora of China @ efloras.org". eFloras.org Home. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  3. ^ a b "Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum Hemsl. - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  4. ^ "Name - Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum Hemsl". Tropicos. 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  5. ^ a b "Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum Hemsl. - Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  6. ^ "Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum Hemsl". The Plant List. 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  7. ^ "Fagara dimorphophylla (Hemsl.) Engl. - Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  8. ^ Tao, ZY; Chen, WS; Zheng, SQ; Zhang, WD; Qiao, CZ (July 2001). "刺异叶花椒化学成分研究" [Studies on the chemical constituents of Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum Hemsl. var spinifolium Rhed. et Wils]. Yao Xue Xue Bao = Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica (in Chinese). 36 (7): 511–513. PMID 12585082.
  9. ^ Vesell, Elliot S. (September 1979). "The antipyrine test in clinical pharmacology: Conceptions and misconceptions". Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 26 (3): 275–286. doi:10.1002/cpt1979263275. PMID 111889. S2CID 35675884.