Glochidion

Glochidion
Glochidion ramiflorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Tribe: Phyllantheae
Subtribe: Flueggeinae
Genus: Glochidion
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Species

About 300, see text

Glochidion is a genus of flowering plants, of the family Phyllanthaceae. It comprises about 300 species,[1] distributed from Madagascar to the Pacific Islands. Glochidion species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Aenetus eximia and Endoclita damor.[2]

Selected species

An incomplete listing:

  • var. ferdinandi[3]
  • var. pubens Airy Shaw[3]
  • var. harveyanum[3]
  • var. pubescens Airy Shaw[3]
  • var. supra-axillare (Benth.) Airy Shaw[3]
  • var. pedicellatum Airy Shaw[3]
  • var. sessiliflorum[3]
  • var. stylosum Airy Shaw[3]

References

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  1. Carl T. Bergstrom; Lee Alan Dugatkin (2012). Evolution. Norton. p. 630. ISBN 978-0-393-92592-0.
  2. PLANTS Profile. USDA.gov. Accessed June 2, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Glochidion%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 1 June 2013.


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