Mallotus peltatus

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Mallotus peltatus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Mallotus
Species:
M. peltatus
Binomial name
Mallotus peltatus
(Geiseler) Müll.Arg. [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Aleurites peltatusGeiseler
  • Adisca acuminataBlume
  • Hancea muricataBenth.
  • Mallotus acuminatus(Blume) Müll.Arg.
  • Mallotus alternifoliusMerr.
  • Mallotus batjanensisPax & K.Hoffm.
  • Mallotus camiguinensisMerr.
  • Mallotus columnarisWarb.
  • Mallotus floribundus var. cordifoliusChakrab.
  • Mallotus furetianusMüll.Arg.
  • Mallotus helferiMüll.Arg.
  • Mallotus kietanusRech.
  • Mallotus lambertianusMüll.Arg.
  • Mallotus longifolius(Rchb.f. & Zoll.) Müll.Arg.
  • Mallotus longifolius var. pubescensMüll.Arg.
  • Mallotus maclureiMerr.
  • Mallotus oblongifolius(Miq.) Müll.Arg.
  • Mallotus odoratusElmer
  • Mallotus peekeliiPax & K.Hoffm.
  • Mallotus peltatus var. rubriflorusChakrab.
  • Mallotus porterianusMüll.Arg.
  • Mallotus puberulusHook.f.
  • Mallotus stylarisMüll.Arg.
  • Mallotus tenuispicusPax & K.Hoffm.
  • Mallotus warburgianusPax & K.Hoffm.
  • Mappa acutifoliaZoll. & Moritzi
  • Rottlera acuminata(Blume) Baill.
  • Rottlera acutifoliaHassk.
  • Rottlera flaviguttaMiq.
  • Rottlera lambertiana(Müll.Arg.) Scheff.
  • Rottlera longifoliaRchb.f. & Zoll.
  • Rottlera oblongifoliaMiq.
  • Rottlera stylaris(Müll.Arg.) Scheff.

Mallotus peltatus is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native from India to Papuasia. [1] It was first described by Eduard Ferdinand Geiseler in 1807 as Aleurites peltatus. [2]

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Distribution

Mallotus peltatus is native to southeast China, Hainan, the Indian region, the Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Myanmar, the Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, Malesia (Borneo, Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, the Maluku Islands, the Philippines, Sulawesi and Sumatra), the Bismarck Archipelago and New Guinea. [1]

Conservation

Mallotus odoratus was assessed as "vulnerable" in the 1998 IUCN Red List, where it is said to be native only to a single island in the Philippines. [3] As of February 2023, this species was regarded included within Mallotus peltatus, which has a very much wider distribution. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mallotus peltatus (Geiseler) Müll.Arg.", Plants of the World Online , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2023-02-03
  2. ↑ "Mallotus peltatus (Geiseler) Müll.Arg.", The International Plant Names Index , retrieved 2023-02-03
  3. ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998), "Mallotus odoratus", IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , 1998 e.T34257A9854187, doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T34257A9854187.en , retrieved 2023-02-03


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