Madhuca

Genus of flowering plants


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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

| image = Madhuca pasquieri.jpg | image_caption = Madhuca pasquieri | taxon = Madhuca | authority = J.F.Gmel. | type_species = Madhuca indica | type_species_authority = J.F. Gmel. | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = *Bassia J.Koenig ex L. 1771, illegitimate homonym not Bassia All. 1766. (Amaranthaceae)

  • Aesandra Pierre
  • Azaola Blanco
  • Kakosmanthus Hassk.
  • Cacosmanthus Miq.
  • Dasyaulus Thwaites
  • Aesandra Pierre ex L.Planch.
  • Illipe F.Muell.
  • Vidoricum Rumph. ex Kuntze
  • Ganua Pierre ex Dubard
  • Dasillipe Dubard

Madhuca is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae first described as a genus in 1791.

Madhuca is native to south, east, and southeast Asia and Papuasia (from India to China to New Guinea).

Species

Plants of the World Online currently lists more than 110 species:

References

References

  1. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2910848#page/840/mode/1up Gmelin, Johann Friedrich. 1791. Systema Naturae . . . editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata 2: 773, 799] in Latin
  2. [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40011988 Tropicos, Madhuca Ham. ex J.F. Gmel.]
  3. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  4. [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=117165 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
  5. [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=119432 Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 205 紫荆木属 zi jing mu shu ''Madhuca'' Hamilton ex J. F. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 2: 799. 1791. ]
  6. [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:36784-1 Plants of the World Online: ''Madhuca'' Buch.-Ham. ex J.F.Gmel. (retrieved 27 November 2020)]

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