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Engelhardia Mollis
''Engelhardia'' is a genus of trees in the family Juglandaceae, native to tropical Asia from northern India east to Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines. The genus name is commonly misspelled "''Engelhardtia''", a "correction" made by the original author Carl Ludwig Blume in 1829 and persistent until today, as it was thus entered in the ''Index Kewensis''; the original spelling is ''Engelhardia''. Fossil record ''Engelhardia'' pollen has been found in deposits of Miocene Age in Denmark. †''Engelhardia orsbergensis'' leaf fossils have been uncovered from rhyodacite tuff of Lower Miocene age in Southern Slovakia near the town of Lučenec. †''Engelhardia orsbergensis'' and †''Engelhardia macroptera'' fossils have been uncovered from late Miocene strata in Iceland. Species , Plants of the World Online recognised the following species and varieties: *''Engelhardia apoensis'' , native to Malay Peninsula, Malaya, Borneo, the Philippines *''Engelhardia danumensis'' *''Engelhardi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engelhardia Spicata
''Engelhardia spicata'' is a species of plant in the Juglandaceae family. It is recognized to include the variety ''E. spicata'' var. ''integra'' (Kurz) W.E. Manning ex Steen. Distribution and habitat Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea. From near sea level to 2100 m, in forests on mountain slopes and in valleys. In Java it is found in primary evergreen forests and seems to prefer the mountains up to 2500 m, especially frequent in the ''Casuarina'' forests on the volcanoes in Central and East Java. It is known to locally form pure stands on the western side of Mount Jang in East Java. Similar local dominance has been observed on Mount Rindjani in Lombok, it has also been observed pioneering in mountain savannas composed of ''Pittosporum'', '' Homalanthus'' gigantheus, ''Vernonia arborea'', ''Dodonaea'' and '' Wendlandia'', It is often deciduous for a short time and then flowering, n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |