Symphonia (plant)

Symphonia is a genus of tropical woody plants, specifically trees[2] in the family Clusiaceae. The genus has its diversity center in Madagascar and one species (Symphonia globulifera) disjunct in the Afrotropic and the Neotropic in the Amazon Rainforest.

This article is about plant genus of the family Clusiaceae. For other uses, see Symphonia (disambiguation).

Symphonia
Symphonia globulifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Clusiaceae
Tribe: Symphonieae
Genus: Symphonia
L.f.
Type species
Symphonia globulifera
L.f.
Species

S. acuminata
S. ambrensis
S. clusioides
S. coccinea
S. eugenioides
S. fasciculata
S. gabonensis
S. globulifera
S. hildebrandtii
S. laevis
S. lepidocarpa
S. linearis
S. louveli
S. macrocarpa
S. melleri
S. microphylla
S. nectarifera
S. oligantha
S. pauciflora
S. rhodosepala
S. sessiliflora
S. tanalensis
S. urophylla
S. utilissima
S. verrucosa Source:[1]

Because of this particular distribution pattern, the origin of the genus is controversial: two hypotheses have been proposed, one suggesting an Amazon origin, the other a Madagascar origin.

Species

As of November 2014, The Plant List accepts 15 species:[3]

  • Symphonia eugenioides Baker
  • Symphonia fasciculata (Noronha ex Thouars) Vesque
  • Symphonia globulifera L.f.
  • Symphonia gymnoclada (Planch. & Triana) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Vesque
  • Symphonia lepidocarpa Baker
  • Symphonia linearis H.Perrier
  • Symphonia louvelii Jum. & H.Perrier
  • Symphonia microphylla (Hils. & Bojer ex Cambess.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Vesque
  • Symphonia nectarifera Jum. & H.Perrier
  • Symphonia oligantha Baker
  • Symphonia pauciflora Baker
  • Symphonia sessiliflora H.Perrier
  • Symphonia tanalensis Jum. & H.Perrier
  • Symphonia urophylla (Decne. ex Planch. & Triana) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Vesque
  • Symphonia verrucosa (Hils. & Bojer ex Planch. & Triana) Benth. & Hook.f.

References
  1. "Symphonia Linnaeus f." Index Nominum Genericorum database. 1996-02-09. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
  2. Denis M. Kearns (1998-08-13). "14. SYMPHONIA L. f." Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
  3. "Symphonia", The Plant List (Search results), retrieved 2014-11-10

Data related to Symphonia (Clusiaceae) at Wikispecies

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