Biology:Ahernia

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Short description: Genus of trees

Ahernia
Scientific classification
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Plantae
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Genus:
Ahernia

Merr.
Species:
A. glandulosa
Binomial name
Ahernia glandulosa
Merr.

Ahernia is a genus of a single species (Ahernia glandulosa) of trees in the willow family Salicaceae found in Hainan province of China and Luzon island of the Philippines . Previously it was treated in the family Flacourtiaceae[1] or Achariaceae.[2] Ahernia is closely related to the American genera Hasseltia, Macrothumia, and Pleuranthodendron, but differs in its axillary racemes and more numerous (10–15) petals.[3][4] Ahernia glandulosa is found in low elevation primary forests and is known in the Tagalog language as butun or sanglai. It grows 8–15 m (26–49 ft) tall.[5]

References

  1. Lemke, David (1988). "A synopsis of Flacourtiaceae". Aliso 12: 29–43. doi:10.5642/aliso.19881201.05. 
  2. 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. 
  3. Alford, Mac (2006). "Nomenclatural innovations in Neotropical Salicaceae". Novon 16 (3): 293–298. doi:10.3417/1055-3177(2006)16[293:niins2.0.co;2]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/37307. 
  4. Alford, Mac (2008). "Revision of Neosprucea (Salicaceae)". Systematic Botany Monographs 85: 1–62. 
  5. Sleumer, Hermann (1954). "Flacourtiaceae". Flora Malesiana. Series I, Spermatophyta 5: 1–106. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/124367#page/370/mode/1up. 

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