Mischodon

Mischodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Picrodendreae
Subtribe: Mischodontinae
Genus: Mischodon
Thwaites
Species:
M. zeylanicus
Binomial name
Mischodon zeylanicus

Mischodon is a genus in the family Picrodendraceae, described in 1854.[1][2] The only known species is Mischodon zeylanicus, a tree native to southern India, Sri Lanka, and the Andaman Islands.[3][4]

Common names

  • Sinhala - Tammanna (තම්මැන්න)
  • Tamil - Tampanai

See also

References

  1. ^ Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1854. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 6: 299-300 description in Latin, commentary in English
  2. ^ Tropicos, Mischodon Thwaites
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Balakrishnan, N.P. & Chakrabarty, T. (2007). The family Euphorbiaceae in India. A synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography: 1-500. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.


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