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Genus of flowering plants

Madhuca
Madhuca pasquieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Sapotoideae
Genus: Madhuca
J.F.Gmel.
Type species
Madhuca indica
J.F. Gmel.
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

  1. ^ Plants of the World Online: Madhuca Buch.-Ham. ex J.F.Gmel. (retrieved 27 November 2020)
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Gmelin, Johann Friedrich. 1791. Systema Naturae . . . editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata 2: 773, 799 in Latin
  4. Tropicos, Madhuca Ham. ex J.F. Gmel.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.

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Madhuca
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