Biology:Dictyoneura

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Dictyoneura
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Tribe: Cupanieae
Genus: Dictyoneura
Blume[1][2][3][4]
Type species
Dictyoneura acuminata
Blume
Species

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Dictyoneura is a genus of two-to-three species of rainforest trees known to science, constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae.

They grow naturally in the rainforests of New Guinea, the Moluccas, Sulawesi, Borneo, the Philippines and Cape York Peninsula, far northern Queensland, Australia.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

European science formally described the genus and the two known species in 1847, authored by botanist Carl Ludwig Blume.[1][2][3][4]

J. van Dijk's genus review scientific paper and Flora Malesiana account described a different taxon of a single poor quality specimen of some broken parts of leaves collected in the Moluccas. As it is of so poor quality it is of uncertain status, either as a variant of D. acuminata having leaves wider than its usual 5 cm (2.0 in) or a different species; a decision requires more quality specimens.[3][4]

Species

  • Dictyoneura acuminata Blume – Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Guinea[7][9]
    • subsp. acuminata – Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Guinea[10]
    • subsp. microcarpa Dijk – W. New Guinea[11]
  • Dictyoneura obtusa Blume – New Guinea, New Ireland, New Britain, Cape York Peninsula, Australia,[6][12] its records of significant variation across New Guinea may turn out to lead to descriptions of new taxa[13]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Blume, Carl L. (1847). "Dictyoneura; Dictyoneura acuminata; Dictyoneura obtusa" (in Latin) (Digitised archive copy, online, from biodiversitylibrary.org). XXVIII. De Quibusdam Sapindaceis Maxima Parte Indiæ Orientali Propriis. Rumphia. 3. pp. 163–164. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35495437. Retrieved 10 Dec 2013. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Dictyoneura%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Dictyoneura%25. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Dijk|1994}}|Dijk (1994) Flora Malesiana pp. 507–511. Digitised, online "Dictyoneura". https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28496626. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Dijk, J. van (1986). A taxonomic revision of Dictyoneura (Sapindaceae). Blumea 31:437-449.
  5. "Sapindaceae". Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. 2020. https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Sapindaceae.htm. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 484. ISBN 9780958174213. https://www.nokomis.com.au/product/nokomis-published-books/fruits-australian-tropical-rainforest/. Retrieved 21 June 2021. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Dijk, J. van (1996). "Dictyoneura Blume". in Soepadmo, E.; Wong, K. M.; Saw, L. G.. Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak. 2. Forest Research Institute Malaysia. pp. 281–282. ISBN 983-9592-56-4. http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/backup/TFSS.vol1_3.pdf. Retrieved 10 Dec 2013. 
  8. Reynolds, Sally T. (1985). "Notes on Sapindaceae in Australia, IV". Austrobaileya 2 (2): 153–189. 
  9. Dijk|1994}}|Dijk (1994) Flora Malesiana pp. 508–510. Digitised, online "Dictyoneura acuminata". https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28496627. 
  10. Dijk|1994}}|Dijk (1994) Flora Malesiana pp. 508–510. Digitised, online "Dictyoneura acuminata subsp. acuminata". https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28496627. 
  11. Dijk|1994}}|Dijk (1994) Flora Malesiana p. 510. Digitised, online "Dictyoneura acuminata subsp. microcarpa". https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28496629. 
  12. "Dictyoneura obtusa". Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. 2020. https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Dictyoneura_obtusa.htm. 
  13. Dijk|1994}}|Dijk (1994) Flora Malesiana pp. 510–511. Digitised, online "Dictyoneura obtusa". https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28496629. 

Cited works

Wikidata ☰ Q8559840 entry