Didymocheton mollissimus

Didymocheton mollissimus
At the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Meliaceae
Genus:	Didymocheton
Species:	D. mollissimus
Binomial name
Didymocheton mollissimus (Spreng.) Mabb. (2021)
Synonyms [2]
List Alliaria mollis Kuntze (1891) Alliaria mollissima(Spreng.) Kuntze (1891) Alliaria schizochitoides(Turcz.) Kuntze (1891) Alliaria teysmannii(C.DC.) Kuntze (1891) Didymocheton hainanensis(Merr.) Harms (1940) Dysoxylum alliarum(Buch.-Ham.) N.P.Balakr. (1970) Dysoxylum filicifolium H.L.Li (1944) Dysoxylum floribundum Merr. (1914 publ. 1915) Dysoxylum hainanenseMerr. (1928 publ. 1930) Dysoxylum hainanense var. glaberrimum F.C.How & T.C.Chen (1955) Dysoxylum hamiltoniiHiern (1875), nom. illeg. Dysoxylum leptorrhachisHarms (1942) Dysoxylum mollissimum(Spreng.) Blume ex G.Don (1831) Dysoxylum mollissimum var. glaberrimum(F.C.How & T.C.Chen) P.Y.Chen (1997) Dysoxylum mollissimum var. sumatranum Miq. (1868) Dysoxylum mollissimum var. teysmannii(C.DC.) Koord. & Valeton (1896) Dysoxylum octandrum(Blanco) Merr. (1918) Dysoxylum schizochitoides(Turcz.) C.DC. (1878) Dysoxylum teysmanniiC.DC. (1878) Guarea alliaria Buch.-Ham. (1832) Guarea mollis Wall. ex Hiern (1875) Hartighsea alliaria Arn. (1834) Hartighsea mollissima(Spreng.) A.Juss. (1830 publ. 1831) Hartighsea forsteriA.Juss. (1830 publ. 1831) Hartighsea schizochitoidesTurcz. (1858) Macrochiton mollissimum(Spreng.) M.Roem. (1846) Scyphostigma philippinenseM.Roem. (1846) Trichilia mollissima Spreng. (1827) Turraea octandraBlanco (1837)

Didymocheton mollissimus is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae. It ranges from eastern India and Bangladesh to southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and the Philippines, ^[2] where it grows in lowland tropical moist forests. ^[1]

The species was first described as Trichilia mollissima by Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in 1827. ^[2] The specific epithet mollissima is from the Latin meaning 'very soft', referring to the leaf hairs. ^[3] It was later renamed Dysoxylum mollissimum. ^[2] A study published in 2021 found the genus Dysoxylum to be polyphyletic, and the species was placed in the revived genus Didymocheton as D. mollisimus. ^[4] The former subspecies Dysoxylum mollisimum subsp. molle, native from Sulawesi east to the Solomon Islands, is now recognised as a distinct species, Didymocheton mollis . ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Liu, D.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Dysoxylum mollissimum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T147647313A147647315. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T147647313A147647315.en . Retrieved 5 July 2021.
2. Didymocheton mollissimus (Spreng.) Mabb. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 14 February 2024.
3. Mabberley, David J.; Sing, Anne M. (March 2007). "Dysoxylum mollissimum Blume". In Soepadmo, E.; Saw, L. G.; Chung, R. C. K.; Kiew, Ruth (eds.). Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak. (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions). Vol. 6. Forest Research Institute Malaysia. pp. 168–169. ISBN   978-983-2181-89-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
4. 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
5. Didymocheton mollis (Miq.) Holzmeyer & Hauenschild. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 14 February 2024.