Rhodoleia
| Rhodoleia | |
|---|---|
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| Rhodoleia championii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Hamamelidaceae |
| Genus: | Rhodoleia Champion ex Hook. |
| Species | |
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About 10, see text. | |
Rhodoleia is a genus of plant in family Hamamelidaceae. Together with its sister genus Exbucklandia, Rhodoleia forms the sister clade to the other 25 genera of Hamamelidaceae. [1] Flowers of Rhodoleia are bird-pollinated. Nectar-foraging birds including Japanese white-eyes (Zosterops japonicus, Zosteropidae) and fork-tailed sunbirds (Aethopyga christinae, Nectariniidae), avidly visit the flowers, which they also pollinate in the process.[2]
Species include:
- Rhodoleia championii
- Rhodoleia henryi
- Rhodoleia macrocarpa
- Rhodoleia stenopetala
References:
- ↑ Li, J.-H., A. L. Bogle, and A. S. Klein. 1999. Phylogenetic relationships of the Hamamelidaceae inferred from sequences of internal transcribed spaces (ITS) of nuclear ribosome DNA. Am. J. Bot. 86: 1027–1037.
- ↑ Gu, L., Z. Luo, D. Zhang, and S. S. Renner. 2010. Passerine pollination of Rhodoleia championii (Hamamelidaceae) in subtropical China. Biotropica 42(3): 336–341.
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