Didymocheton mollis

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Didymocheton mollis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Genus: Didymocheton
Species:
D. mollis
Binomial name
Didymocheton mollis
(Miq.) Holzmeyer & Hauenschild (2021)
Synonyms [1]
  • Dysoxylum molle Miq. (1868)
  • Dysoxylum mollissimum subsp. molle(Miq.) Mabb. (1994)
  • Alliaria zippelianaKuntze (1891)
  • Dysoxylum velutinumKoord. (1898)
  • Epicharis mollisWall. ex Voigt (1845), not validly publ.

Didymocheton mollis is a species of flowering plant in the family Meliaceae. It is a tree native to Sulawesi, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago. [1]

It is most closely related to Didymocheton mollissimus of Malesia and mainland Southeast Asia, D. alliaceus of the Solomon Islands and western Pacific Islands, and D. muelleri of northeastern Australia. [2]

Taxonomy

The species was first described as Dysoxylum molle by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel in 1868, from a holotype collected in southwestern New Guinea. In 1994 David Mabberley reclassifed it as Dysoxylum mollissimum subsp. molle, which included the populations in Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago, along with Australian populations previously classified as Dysoxylum muelleri. A 2021 study by Holzmeyer, Hauenschild, Mabberley, et al. concluded that Dysoxylum was polyphyletic, and that the Australian population constituted a distinct species from the northern population. The species was placed in the revived genus Didymocheton , with the Sulawesi-to-Bismarck Archipelago population renamed Didymocheton mollis, and the Australian population under the new combination Didymocheton muelleri . [2] The Australian population is still widely known as Dysoxylum mollissimum subsp. molle.

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References

  1. 1 2 Didymocheton mollis (Miq.) Holzmeyer & Hauenschild. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  2. 1 2 Holzmeyer, L., Hauenschild, F., Mabberley, D.J. and Muellner-Riehl, A.N. (2021), Confirmed polyphyly, generic recircumscription and typification of Dysoxylum (Meliaceae), with revised disposition of currently accepted species. TAXON, 70: 1248-1272. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12591