Alphitonia

Alphitonia excelsa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Rhamnaceae
Subfamilia: Ziziphoideae
Tribus: Unplaced Ziziphoids
Genus: Alphitonia
Species: A. carolinensis – A. excelsa – A. ferruginea – A. franguloides – A. incana – A. macrocarpa – A. marquesensis – A. neocaledonica – A. oblata – A. petriei – A. philippinensis – A. pomaderroides – A. ponderosa – A. whitei – A. zizyphoides

Name

Alphitonia Reissek ex Endl., Gen. Pl. [Endlicher] 1098. (1840)

• Type species: Alphitonia excelsa (Fenzl) Benth., Fl. Austral. 1: 414. (1863)

References

• Endlicher, S.L. 1836–1840. Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita. (pp I–LX, 1–1484). Vindobonae (Vienna). BHL Reference page.  (p.1098)
• Alphitonia in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2018. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2018 February 17.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Alphitonia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 17 February 2018.
• Hauenschild, F., Favre, A., Schulz, M. & Muellner-Riehl, A.N. 2018. Biogeographic analyses support an Australian origin for the Indomalesian-Australasian wet forest-adapted tropical tree and shrub genus Alphitonia and its close allies (Rhamnaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 188(1): 1-20. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boy048 Reference page. 
• Hopkins, H.C.F., Pillon, Y., Stacy, E.A. & Kellermann, J. 2015. Jaffrea, a new genus of Rhamnaceae endemic to New Caledonia, with notes on Alphitonia and Emmenosperma. Kew Bulletin 70(4): 1–19. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-015-9593-6 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Alphitonia. Published online. Accessed: 17 February 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Alphitonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 February 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Alphitonia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.
• GBIF: Alphitonia Endl.

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