Byttneria

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Byttneria
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Byttnerioideae
Tribe: Byttnerieae
Genus:Byttneria
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Byttneria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. There are about 135 species in this pantropical genus. [1]

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Flowering plant Class of flowering plants (in APG I-III)

The flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with 64 orders, 416 families, approximately 13,000 known genera and 300,000 known species. Like gymnosperms, angiosperms are seed-producing plants. However, they are distinguished from gymnosperms by characteristics including flowers, endosperm within the seeds, and the production of fruits that contain the seeds. Etymologically, angiosperm means a plant that produces seeds within an enclosure; in other words, a fruiting plant. The term comes from the Greek words angeion and sperma ("seed").

Family is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy; it is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as being the "walnut family".

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Byttneria species are host plants to insects such as beetles of the genus Lonchophorellus . [2]

Species

The Catalogue of Life lists: [3]

Byttneria asplundii is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Byttneria flexuosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Byttneria ivorensis is a tree in the family Malvaceae that is now classified as extinct. It was identified from a single herbarium specimen collected in the Upper Guinean forests of Ivory Coast.

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Sterculiaceae was a family of flowering plants: based on the genus Sterculia. Genera are now placed in the family Malvaceae, in the subfamilies: Byttnerioideae, Dombeyoideae, Helicteroideae and Sterculioideae.

<i>Firmiana</i> genus of plants

Firmiana is a genus of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, formerly placed in the now defunct Sterculiaceae; it may sometimes be called the "parasol tree". The genus name honours Karl Joseph von Firmian.

<i>Heritiera</i> genus of plants

Heritiera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae. They are most dominant tropical forest trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are mangroves. Several are valuable for their timber and are over-exploited.

Shorea thorelii is a critically endangered tree species, described by Pierre and Lanessan, which is included in the genus Shorea and family Dipterocarpaceae. However, the species name is unresolved according to the Plant List. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.

<i>Helicteres</i> genus of plants

Helicteres is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae.

<i>Bombax anceps</i> species of plant

Bombax anceps is a tree species now in the Malvaceae that was described by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre from its range in Indochina. In addition to the nominate subspecies is also B. a. cambodiense.

<i>Pterospermum grewiifolium</i> species of plant

Pterospermum grewiifolium is a tree species, now placed in the family Malvaceae: in the subfamily Dombeyoideae and described by Pierre. in the genus Pterospermum. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life and name is unresolved. In Viet Nam the species name is often listed as "P. grewiaefolium" and the vernacular name is lòng mang nhỏ, lòng mang lá cò ke.

<i>Pterocymbium</i> genus of plants

Pterocymbium is a genus in the family Malvaceae: in the subfamily Sterculioideae and previously placed in the Sterculiaceae. In Indonesia, P. tinctorium (Kelumbuk) is a significant timber tree.

<i>Colona auriculata</i> species of plant

Colona auriculata is a shrub species first described by Desfontaines, with its current name after Craib; the genus Colona is in the family Malvaceae and now placed in the subfamily Grewioideae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.

Diospyros apiculata is a tropical tree species was described by Hiern and included in the genus Diospyros and family Ebenaceae; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. Its Vietnamese name is lọ nồi.

Ryania is a genus of plants in the family Salicaceae; it was previously listed in the now defunct family Flacourtiaceae.

Sterculia hypochroa is a tree species described by Pierre, belonging to the genus Sterculia and the family Malvaceae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. These trees are found in Vietnam, where they are known as trôm quạt.

Sterculia cochinchinensis is a tree species belonging to the genus Sterculia in the family Malvaceae. The name is unresolved according to The Plant List. This species is found in Laos and Vietnam and there are no subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life.

<i>Sterculia lanceolata</i> species of plant

Sterculia lanceolata is a tree species, belonging to the genus Sterculia and the family Malvaceae. The species can be found in southern China and Vietnam.

Sterculia rubiginosa is a plant species, belonging to the genus Sterculia and the family Malvaceae. The species can be found in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, Myanmar (Burma), southern Thailand, Malesia, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Sterculia stigmarota is a plant, belonging to the genus Sterculia and the family Malvaceae. This species is found only in southern Vietnam and there are no subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life.

<i>Sterculia lanceifolia</i> species of plant

Sterculia lanceifolia is a bush/tree species belonging to the genus Sterculia in the family Malvaceae. This species is found in Bangladesh, NE India, China and Indo-China and there are no subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life.

<i>Woodfordia</i> (plant) genus of plants

Woodfordia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lythraceae.

<i>Cienfuegosia</i> genus of plants

Cienfuegosia is a genus of plants, in the family Malvaceae and placed in the tribe Gossypieae. Species can be found in central and south America, Africa including the Arabian peninsula.

<i>Aeschynanthus acuminatus</i> species of plant

Aeschynanthus acuminatus is an Asian species of vine plants in the family Gesneriaceae, with no subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life. A common name for this and similar species in the genus "lipstick vine".

References

  1. ↑ Whitlock, B. A., & Hale, A. M. (2011). The phylogeny of Ayenia, Byttneria, and Rayleya (Malvaceae s.l.) and its implications for the evolution of growth forms. Systematic Botany, 36(1), 129-136.
  2. ↑ Clark, W. 1989. Lonchophorellus Clark, un nuevo género de Anthomini neotropical (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin v. 43, no. 3 p. 279-289.
  3. ↑ Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
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