Biology:Merrilliodendron

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Merrilliodendron
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Icacinales
Family: Icacinaceae
Genus: Merrilliodendron
Kaneh.
Species:
M. megacarpum
Binomial name
Merrilliodendron megacarpum
(Hemsl.) Sleumer
Synonyms
  • Sleumer Lauterb.
  • Hemsl. Merrilliodendron rotense
  • Mangifera xylocarpa Kaneh.
  • Peekeliodendron missionariorum Stemonurus megacarpus

Merrilliodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Icacinaceae. It has a synonym of Peekeliodendron Sleumer.[1] The only species is Merrilliodendron megacarpum (Hemsl.) Sleumer[2]

Its native range is Central Malesia to western Pacific. It is found in the Bismarck Archipelago, the Caroline Islands, Marianas, New Guinea, Philippines , the Santa Cruz Islands, the Solomon Islands and Sulawesi.[2]

The genus name of Merrilliodendron is in honour of Elmer Drew Merrill (1876–1956), an American botanist and taxonomist,[3] and also 'dendron' meaning tree. The Latin specific epithet of megacarpum is derived from the Greek word megacarpus meaning 'with big fruit'.[4] The genus was first described and published in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) Vol.48 on page 920 in 1934,[1] and then the species was first described and published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem Vol.15 on page 243 in 1940.[2]

See also

List of endemic plants in the Mariana Islands

References

Wikidata ☰ Q9031807 entry