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| Phaleria | |
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| Phaleria capitata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Subfamily: | Thymelaeoideae |
| Genus: | Phaleria Jack[1] |
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Phaleria is flowering plant genus of about 25 species in the family Thymelaeaceae, which range from Sri Lanka to Malesia, Papuasia, northern and eastern Australia, and islands of the western Pacific.[2]
Uses
[edit]Phaleria macrocarpa is known to produce agarwood.[3] Phaleria nisidai, locally known in Palau as delal a kar, 'the mother of medicines', is used as a panacea by Palauans.[4]
Species
[edit]As of April 2026[update], Plants of the World Online accepts the following 25 species:[2]
- Phaleria acuminata (A. Gray) Gilg – Fiji, American Samoa, Tonga, Western Samoa
- Phaleria angustifolia A. C. Sm. – Fiji
- Phaleria biflora (C.T.White) Herber – Queensland
- Phaleria capitata Jack – Sri Lanka, Palau, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Philippines, Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Guinea
- Phaleria chermsideana (F.M.Bailey) C.T.White – Queensland, New South Wales
- Phaleria clerodendron (F.Muell.) Benth. – Queensland
- Phaleria coccinea (Gaudich.) F.Muell. – New Guinea, New Britain, Moluccas, Philippines
- Phaleria disperma (G.Forst) Baill. – Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna
- Phaleria elegans L.M.Perry – New Guinea endemic
- Phaleria glabra (Turrill) Domke – Fiji, Tonga
- Phaleria ixoroides Fosberg – Fiji
- Phaleria lanceolata (A. Gray) Gilg – Fiji
- Phaleria longituba P. F. Stevens – New Guinea
- Phaleria macrocarpa (Scheff.) Boerl. – New Guinea, Northern Territory
- Phaleria montana (Seem.) Gilg – Fiji
- Phaleria nisidae Kanehira – Palau, New Britain, New Guinea
- Phaleria octandra (L.) Baill. – New Guinea, Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Islands, Java, Northern Territory, Queensland
- Phaleria okapensis P. F. Stevens – New Guinea (Papua)
- Phaleria pentecostalis Leandri – Vanuatu
- Phaleria perrottetiana (Decne.) Fern.-Vill. – New Guinea, Moluccas, Borneo, Philippines
- Phaleria pilistyla P. F. Stevens – New Guinea (Papua)
- Phaleria pubiflora (A. Gray) Gilg – Fiji
- Phaleria pulchra Gillespie – Fiji
- Phaleria sogerensis S.Moore – New Guinea
- Phaleria stevensiana Z. S. Rogers – Sulawesi
Taxonomy and phylogeny
[edit]Phylogenetic analysis shows that Phaleria's closest related genus is Dais,[citation needed] both of which are members of the Thymelaeoideae subfamily of the Thymelaeaceae family which contains 941 species in 48 different genera according to the Catalogue of Life.[5] The next closest related genera is a clade containing Gnidia, Stephanodaphne, Dirca, Ovidia, Peddiea, Pimelea, Struthiola, Lachnaea, Passerina, and Passerina.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Phaleria Jack". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Phaleria Jack". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ↑ Yih Lee, Shiou; Turjaman, Maman; Mohamed, Rozi (2018). "Phylogenetic Relatedness of Several Agarwood-Producing Taxa (Thymelaeaceae) from Indonesia". Tropical Life Sciences Research. 29 (2): 13–28. doi:10.21315/tlsr2018.29.2.2. PMC 6072731. PMID 30112138.
- ↑ Kulakowski, Daniel; Kitalong, Christopher; Negrin, Adam; Tadao, Van-Ray; Balick, Michael J.; Kennelly, Edward J. (2015). "Traditional preparation of Phaleria nisidai, a Palauan tea, reduces exposure to toxic daphnane-type diterpene esters while maintaining immunomodulatory activity". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 173: 273–279. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2015.06.023. PMID 26102551.
- ↑ "Phaleria Jack". Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-04-18 XR). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2026. Retrieved 24 April 2026.