Lansium

Lansium
Lansium domesticum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Meliaceae
Subfamily:	Melioideae
Genus:	Lansium Corrêa
Species
See text
Synonyms
LachanodendronReinw. ex Blume PluteaNoronha

Lansium is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, containing at least three species. ^[1] The species Lansium domesticum is a tropical fruit-bearing tree that is cultivated in tropical Southeast Asia, and on a much smaller scale elsewhere in the tropics. Other previously named species are now placed in the genera Aglaia , Epicharis and Reinwardtiodendron .

Taxonomy and related genera

The genus was named in 1807 by the Portuguese botanist José Francisco Corrêa da Serra. ^[2] As of 2024, Plants of the World Online recognizes the following species of Lansium. ^[1]

• Lansium breviracemosum Kosterm. - Lesser Sunda Islands
• Lansium domesticum Corrêa - type species - Malesia, introduced elsewhere in SE Asia
• Lansium membranaceum (Kosterm.) Mabb. - Sumatra

Note: "Lansium parasiticum", has been used in place of L. domesticum;
it is a synonym of Epicharis parasitica (also in the Meliaceae).

Phylogenetic studies suggest the following relationships amongst closely related genera:

	LansiumCorrêa Reinwardtiodendron Koord.
	Heckeldora Pierre Vavaea Benth.

References

1. Plants of the World Online: Lansium Corrêa (retrieved 28 October 2024)
2. Corrêa JF (1807) Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 157.

External links

• Media related to Lansium at Wikimedia Commons
• "Lansium Corrêa". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
• "The Plant List" . Retrieved 16 May 2014.