Calantica (plant)

Calantica
An acquired specimen of Calantica cerasifolia from California Academy of Sciences
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Subfamily:	Salicoideae
Tribe:	Homalieae
Genus:	Calantica Jaub. ex Tul.
Type species
Calantica cerasifolia [1] (Vent.) Tul.
Species
10; see text

Calantica is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. ^[2] It is endemic to Madagascar. ^[3]

Taxonomy

Calantica is closely related to the pantropical and diverse genus Homalium , from which it differs in having a superior ovary, instead of a semi-inferior ovary. The genus is also similar to Bivinia in its superior ovary but has numerous stamens and long spiciform inflorescences. ^[1]

Known species

The following species are accepted by Plants of the World Online: ^[3]

• Calantica biseriata H.Perrier
• Calantica capuronii Sleumer
• Calantica cerasifolia (Vent.) Tul.
• Calantica chauvetiae Sleumer
• Calantica decaryana H.Perrier
• Calantica grandiflora Jaub. ex Tul.
• Calantica lucida Scott-Elliot
• Calantica olivacea Appleq., Phillipson & G.E.Schatz
• Calantica pseudobiseriata Appleq., Phillipson & G.E.Schatz
• Calantica sphaerocephala Appleq., Phillipson & G.E.Schatz

References

1. Applequist, Wendy; Phillipson, Peter; Schatz, George (2014). "A synoptic revision of the Malagasy endemic genus Calantica Jaub. ex Tul. (Salicaceae)". Adansonia. Series 3. 36 (1): 83–102. doi:10.5252/a2014n1a8 . Retrieved 2025-02-12.
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. JSTOR   4110825.
3. "Calantica Jaub. ex Tul. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-02-12.