Dillenia

Dillenia
Dillenia indica (type species)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Dilleniales
Family: Dilleniaceae
Genus: Dillenia
L.[1][2]
Type species
Dillenia indica
L.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[3]
19th-century illustration of Dillenia reifferscheidia

Dillenia is a genus of evergreen or semi-evergreen trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Dilleniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of southern Asia, Australasia, and the Indian Ocean islands.[4]: 154–156 [5][6]

The genus is named after the German botanist Johann Jacob Dillenius.[7]

Structure

The leaves are simple and spirally arranged. They are generally large, in the case of D. reticulata reaching 1.27 m (4 ft 2 in) in length and about 41 cm (16 in) wide.[8] The flowers are solitary, or in terminal racemes, with five sepals and five petals, numerous stamens (up to 900 in the case of D. ovalifolia,[9] and a cluster of five to 20 carpels; they are superficially similar in appearance to Magnolia flowers.[6]

Species

As of September 2024, Plants of the World Online recognises the following 60 species:[3]

References

  1. ^ a b In: Species Plantarum 1: 535. 1753. "Name – Dillenia L." Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved February 20, 2010. Type Specimens: Dillenia indica
  2. ^ GRIN (September 17, 1996). "Dillenia information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Dillenia L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  4. ^ Hoogland, R. G. (1972). "Dilleniaceae". Flora Malesiana. 4 (1): 141–174 – via Naturalis Institutional Repository.
  5. ^ GRIN. "Species in GRIN for genus Dillenia". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Archived from the original on December 1, 2000. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  6. ^ a b Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
  7. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  8. ^ Fayaz, Ahmed (2011). Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books. p. 339.
  9. ^ Hoogland, R. D. (December 1951). "Dilleniaceae". Flora Malesiana. 4 (series 1 part3: 204.