Calantica (plant)

Calantica
Calantica cerasfolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Subfamily: Salicoideae
Tribe: Homalieae
Genus: Calantica
Jaub. ex Tul.
Type species
Calantica cerasifolia
(Vent.) Tul.
Species

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Calantica is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae.[1] It contains 10 species of shrubs and trees endemic to Madagascar, seven of which are threatened. Calantica is closely related to the pantropical and diverse genus Homalium, from which it differs in having a superior ovary, instead of a semi-inferior ovary.[2] The genus is also similar to Bivinia in its superior ovary but has numerous stamens and long spiciform inflorescences.

List of species

References

  1. ^ Chase, Mark W.; Sue Zmarzty; M. Dolores Lledó; Kenneth J. Wurdack; Susan M. Swensen; Michael F. Fay (2002). "When in doubt, put it in Flacourtiaceae: a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on plastid rbcL DNA sequences". Kew Bulletin. 57 (1): 141–181. doi:10.2307/4110825. JSTOR 4110825.
  2. ^ Applequist, Wendy; Phillipson, Peter; Schatz, George (2014). "A synoptic revision of the Malagasy endemic genus Calantica Jaub. ex Tul. (Salicaceae)". Adansonia. Series 3. 36 (1): 83–102. doi:10.5252/a2014n1a8. Retrieved 11 July 2018.


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