Merrilliodendron

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Merrilliodendron
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Icacinales
Family: Icacinaceae
Genus: Merrilliodendron
Kaneh.
Species:
M. megacarpum
Binomial name
Merrilliodendron megacarpum
Synonyms
  • Mangifera xylocarpaLauterb.
  • Merrilliodendron rotenseKaneh.
  • Peekeliodendron missionariorumSleumer
  • Stemonurus megacarpusHemsl.

Merrilliodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Icacinaceae. It has a synonym of PeekeliodendronSleumer. [2] The only species is Merrilliodendron megacarpum(Hemsl.) Sleumer [3]

Its native range is Central Malesia to western Pacific. It is found in the Bismarck Archipelago, the Caroline Islands, Marianas, New Guinea, Philippines, the Santa Cruz Islands, the Solomon Islands and Sulawesi. [3]

The genus name of Merrilliodendron is in honour of Elmer Drew Merrill (1876–1956), an American botanist and taxonomist, [4] and also 'dendron' meaning tree. The Latin specific epithet of megacarpum is derived from the Greek word megacarpus meaning 'with big fruit'. [5] The genus was first described and published in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) Vol.48 on page 920 in 1934, [2] and then the species was first described and published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem Vol.15 on page 243 in 1940. [3]

See also

List of endemic plants in the Mariana Islands

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References

  1. ↑ de Kok, R. (2024). "Merrilliodendron megacarpum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024: e.T198210183A203234481. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Merrilliodendron Kaneh. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Merrilliodendron megacarpum (Hemsl.) Sleumer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  4. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   978-1845337315.
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