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Bhesa
''Bhesa'' is a small genus of woody plants in the family Centroplacaceae. Its natural distribution is from southern China to New Guinea. It was formerly classified in Celastraceae, until a molecular phylogenetic study placed it in the family Centroplacaceae in the order Malpighiales The Malpighiales comprise one of the largest Order (biology), orders of flowering plants. The order is very diverse, with well-known members including willows, Viola (plant), violets, aspens and Populus, poplars, Euphorbia pulcherrima, poinsett .... There are eight species: * '' Bhesa andamanica'' N.Balach. & Chakrab. * '' Bhesa archboldiana'' (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Ding Hou * '' Bhesa ceylanica'' (Arn. ex Thwaites) Ding Hou * '' Bhesa indica'' (Bedd.) Ding Hou * '' Bhesa nitidissima'' Kosterm. * '' Bhesa paniculata'' Arn. * '' Bhesa robusta'' (Roxb.) Ding Hou * '' Bhesa sinica'' (H.T.Chang & Liang) H.T.Chang & Liang References Malpighiales genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhesa Indica
''Bhesa indica'' is a flowering plant tree species in the Centroplacaceae family. It is distributed along the Tropical evergreen forest, tropical wet evergreen forests of the Western Ghats of India.Ding Hou, 1958A conspectus of the genus Bhesa (Celastraceae).''Blumea'' 4: 149–153. It is considered synonymous with ''Bhesa paniculata'' by some authors. Taxonomy ''Bhesa indica'' has been considered as synonymous with ''Trochisandra indica'', ''Kurrimia bipartita'', ''Kurrimia indica'', and ''Kurrimia paniculata''. Other authors have distinguished Indian from Malayan species. Brandis noted that ''Trochisandra indica'' , reported from 3–6,000 feet in the Anamalai hills of the Western Ghats, should be referred to the southern Indian species, ''Kurrimia bipartita'' , instead of the Malayan species, ''K. paniculata'' , as quoted by Marmaduke Alexander Lawson, Lawson. The two species were also distinguished by Ding Hou on the basis of flower and fruit characters. The flowers of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |