Biology:Bischofia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Bischofia
Bischofia javanica.jpg
Bischofia javanica
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Antidesmatoideae
Tribe: Bischofieae
Genus: Bischofia
Blume
Synonyms[1]
  • Microelus Wight & Arn.
  • Stylodiscus Benn.

Bischofia is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1827.[2][3] It is native to southern China , the Indian Subcontinent, Queensland, New Guinea, and various islands of the Pacific.[1][4] It is the only member of the tribe Bischofieae. They are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants,[5] but may rarely be monoecious.[6]

The genus Bischofia was named after him by Karl Blume.[7]

species[1]
  1. Bischofia javanica Blume - S China , Taiwan, Ryukyu Is, Himalayas, India , Bangladesh, Assam, Andaman & Nicobar, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines , Papuasia, Queensland, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Cook Is, Society Is
  2. Bischofia polycarpa (H.Lév.) Airy Shaw - China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Blume, Carl Ludwig von. 1827. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 17: 1168–1169 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Bischofia Blume
  4. Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 217 秋枫属 qiu feng shu Bischofia Blume, Bijdr. 1168. 1826.
  5. Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin 61 (1): 37–53. 
  6. Wurdack, Kenneth J.; Hoffmann, Petra; Samuel, Rosabelle; Bruijn, Anette; Bank, Michelle; Chase, Mark W. (2004). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Phyllanthaceae (Phyllanthoideae pro parte, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) using plastid RBCL DNA sequences". American Journal of Botany 91 (11): 1882–1900. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.11.1882. PMID 21652335. 
  7. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2016). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. CRC Press. p. 992. 

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