Endospermum
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| Endospermum | |
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| Endospermum diadenum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
| Tribe: | Adenoclineae |
| Subtribe: | Endosperminae |
| Genus: | Endospermum Benth.[1] |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Endospermum is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae and the monotypic subtribe Endosperminae. It was first described as a genus in 1861 by George Bentham, and comprises 11 species.[2] Plants in the genus are dioecious, rarely monoecious trees native to regions from India to China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Queensland, and some islands of the western Pacific.[1][3]
Species
[edit]As of July 2026[update], Plants of the World Online recognise 11 species as follows:[1]
- Endospermum chinense – S China, Himalayas, N Indochina
- Endospermum diadenum – Andaman Is, S Thailand, W Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
- Endospermum domatiophorum – Papua New Guinea
- Endospermum macrophyllum – Fiji
- Endospermum medullosum – Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Is, Bismarck A, Santa Cruz Is, Vanuatu
- Endospermum moluccanum – Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Is, Bismarck A
- Endospermum myrmecophilum – Papua New Guinea, Queensland
- Endospermum ovatum – Mindanao
- Endospermum peltatum – Andaman & Nicobar, Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines
- Endospermum quadriloculare – S Thailand, W Malaysia, Sumatra
- Endospermum robbieanum – Vanua Levu in Fiji
- Formerly included
- Endospermum perakense King ex Hook.f. – Macaranga amissa Airy Shaw
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Endospermum Benth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2026. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
- ↑ Bentham, George (1861). Flora hongkongensis: a description of the flowering plants and ferns of the island of Hongkong. London: L. Reeve. p. 304. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
- ↑ Guerrero, S. Arias; Van Welzen, P. C. (2011). "Revision of Malesian Endospermum (Euphorbiaceae) with Notes on Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 68 (3): 443–482. doi:10.1017/S0960428611000321.
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