| Lansium | |
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| Lansium domesticum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Melioideae |
| Genus: | Lansium Corrêa |
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Lansium is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, containing at least three species. 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. As of 2024, Plants of the World Online recognizes the following species of Lansium.
- 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:
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References
- ^ Plants of the World Online: Lansium Corrêa (retrieved 28 October 2024)
- 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.
