Cyathocalyx
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Cyathocalyx is a small genus
with about 36 species
distributed from southern India, Sri Lanka, through Malaysia, Indomalayan islands and reaches as far as Fiji in the South Pacific.
The salient features of the genus includes- monopodial trees, supra-axillary or nearly leaf-opposed inflorescences, six petals which are basally concave and constricted above the reproductive organs to form a "pollination chamber".
Species include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
with about 36 species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
distributed from southern India, Sri Lanka, through Malaysia, Indomalayan islands and reaches as far as Fiji in the South Pacific.
The salient features of the genus includes- monopodial trees, supra-axillary or nearly leaf-opposed inflorescences, six petals which are basally concave and constricted above the reproductive organs to form a "pollination chamber".
Species include:
- Cyathocalyx augustipetalus R. J. Wang & R. M. K. Saunders
- Cyathocalyx biovulatus Boerl.
- Cyathocalyx crassipetalus
- Cyathocalyx crinatus
- Cyathocalyx deltoideus
- Cyathocalyx havilandii
- Cyathocalyx hexagynus
- Cyathocalyx insularis A.C.Sm.
- Cyathocalyx magnifructus
- Cyathocalyx pruniferus
- Cyathocalyx pubescens
- Cyathocalyx samarensis