Martellidendron

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Martellidendron
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Pandanaceae
Genus: Martellidendron
(Pic.Serm.) Callm. & Chassot [1] [2]
Species

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Martellidendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Pandanaceae, native to the Seychelles and Madagascar. [1] [3] They bear a slight resemblance to palms, but are not closely related to them. Martellidendron was previously recognized as a section of the genus Pandanus in 1951 by Rodolfo Emilio Giuseppe Pichi-Sermolli, [4] then as a subgenus in 1974. [5] It was finally promoted to generic status in 2003 on the basis of phylogenetic studies that used chloroplast DNA sequence data. [3]

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The genus name of Martellidendron is in honour of Ugolino Martelli (1860–1934), who was an Italian botanist, biologist, and mycologist, [6] plus dendron the Greek word for "tree".

The genus was circumscribed by Martin Wilhelm Callmander and Philippe Chassot in Taxon vol.52 (Issue 4) on page 755-762 in 2003. [1]

Morphology

Martellidendron plants are dioecious, that is, the male and female flowers are on separate plants. The male flowers have many stamens (as many as 100 [3] ), and grow in an inflorescence that consists of spikes surrounded by bracts. [3] As the female flowers mature, they merge into an oblong or spherical multiple fruit. [3] An individual fruit is a drupe with two chambers. [3]

Species

Martellidendron comprises six species; [1] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Martellidendron (Pic.Serm.) Callm. & Chassot | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Martellidendron (Pic.Serm.) Callm. & Chassot". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Callmander, M.W.; Chassot, P.; Küpfer, P.; Lowry, P.P. (2003). "Recognition of Martellidendron, a new genus of Pandanaceae, and its biogeographic implications". Taxon. 52 (4): 747–762. doi:10.2307/3647349. JSTOR   3647349.
  4. ↑ "Pandanus sect. Martellidendron Pic.Serm., Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 3(1): 20 (1951) (1951)". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Pandanus subgen. Martellidendron (Pic.Serm.) B.C.Stone, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 94(4): 512 (1974)". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  6. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved 27 January 2022.
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