Dillenia is a genus of evergreen or semi-evergreen trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Dilleniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of southern Asia, Australasia, and the Indian Ocean islands.[4]: 154–156 [5][6]
| Dillenia | |
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| Dillenia indica (type species) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Dilleniales |
| Family: | Dilleniaceae |
| Genus: | Dillenia L.[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Dillenia indica L.[1]
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| Synonyms[3] | |
The genus is named after the German botanist Johann Jacob Dillenius.[7]
Structure
editThe leaves are simple and spirally arranged. They are generally large, in the case of D. reticulata reaching 1.27 m (4 ft 2 in) in length and about 41 cm (16 in) wide.[8] The flowers are solitary, or in terminal racemes, with five sepals and five petals, numerous stamens (up to 900 in the case of D. ovalifolia,[9] and a cluster of five to 20 carpels; they are superficially similar in appearance to Magnolia flowers.[6]
Species
editAs of September 2024[update], Plants of the World Online recognises the following 60 species:[3]
- Dillenia alata (R.Br. ex DC.) Banks ex Martelli
- Dillenia albiflos (Ridl.) Hoogland
- Dillenia andamanica C.E.Parkinson
- Dillenia aurea Sm.
- Dillenia auriculata Martelli
- Dillenia beccariana Martelli
- Dillenia biflora (A.Gray) Guillaumin
- Dillenia blanchardii Pierre
- Dillenia bolsteri Merr.
- Dillenia borneensis Hoogland
- Dillenia bracteata Wight
- Dillenia castaneifolia (Miq.) Martelli ex T.Durand & B.D.Jacks.
- Dillenia celebica Hoogland
- Dillenia crenatifolia Hoogland ex Mabb.
- Dillenia cyclopensis Hoogland
- Dillenia diantha Hoogland
- Dillenia excelsa (Jack) Gilg
- Dillenia fagifolia Hoogland
- Dillenia ferruginea (Baill.) Gilg
- Dillenia fischeri Merr.
- Dillenia grandifolia Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson
- Dillenia hookeri Pierre
- Dillenia indica L.
- Dillenia ingens B.L.Burtt
- Dillenia insignis (A.C.Sm.) Hoogland
- Dillenia insularum Hoogland
- Dillenia luzoniensis Merr.
- Dillenia mansonii (Gage) Hoogland
- Dillenia marsupialis Hoogland
- Dillenia megalantha Merr.
- Dillenia monantha Merr.
- Dillenia montana Diels
- Dillenia nalagi Hoogland
- Dillenia obovata (Blume) Hoogland
- Dillenia ochreata (Miq.) Teijsm. & Binn. ex Martelli
- Dillenia ovalifolia Hoogland
- Dillenia ovata Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson
- Dillenia papuana Martelli
- Dillenia parkinsonii Hoogland
- Dillenia parviflora Griff.
- Dillenia pentagyna Roxb.
- Dillenia philippinensis Rolfe
- Dillenia pteropoda (Miq.) Hoogland
- Dillenia pulchella (Jack) Gilg
- Dillenia quercifolia (C.T.White & W.D.Francis ex Lane-Poole) Hoogland
- Dillenia reifferscheidia Fern.-Vill.
- Dillenia reticulata King
- Dillenia retusa Thunb.
- Dillenia salomonensis (C.T.White) Hoogland
- Dillenia scabrella (D.Don) Roxb. ex Wall.
- Dillenia schlechteri Diels
- Dillenia serrata Thunb.
- Dillenia sibuyanensis (Elmer) Merr.
- Dillenia suffruticosa (Griff. ex Hook.f. & Thomson) Martelli
- Dillenia sumatrana Miq.
- Dillenia talaudensis Hoogland
- Dillenia tetrapetala Joongku Lee, T.B.Tran & R.K.Choudhary
- Dillenia tirupatiensis J.Swamy & Rasingam
- Dillenia triquetra (Rottb.) Gilg
- Dillenia turbinata Finet & Gagnep.
References
edit- ^ a b In: Species Plantarum 1: 535. 1753. "Name – Dillenia L." Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
Type Specimens: Dillenia indica
- ^ GRIN (September 17, 1996). "Dillenia information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ a b "Dillenia L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Hoogland, R. G. (1972). "Dilleniaceae". Flora Malesiana. 4 (1): 141–174 – via Naturalis Institutional Repository.
- ^ GRIN. "Species in GRIN for genus Dillenia". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Archived from the original on December 1, 2000. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
- ^ a b Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fayaz, Ahmed (2011). Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books. p. 339.
- ^ Hoogland, R. D. (December 1951). "Dilleniaceae". Flora Malesiana. 4 (series 1 part3: 204.