''Maclurodendron'' is a plant
genus in the family
Rutaceae. It was first described in 1982 by
Thomas Gordon Hartley.
It consists of six evergreen
tree species in particular native to
Vietnam,
China
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,
Peninsular Malaysia, and
Borneo. They are
dioecious
Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...
. The leaves are opposite and the leave blade is 1-foliolate. The
inflorescences can be axillary, thyrsoid or racemose. The four
sepals are connated on the basis. The four
petal
Petals are modified Leaf, leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often advertising coloration, brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the ''c ...
s are imbricated in the
bud. The eight
stamen
The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10
Morphology and terminology
A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...
s are distinct. The opposite sepals are almost as long as the petals which are in male and in female flowers.
Species
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Maclurodendron magnificum''
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Maclurodendron obovatum''
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Maclurodendron oligophlebium''
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Maclurodendron parviflorum''
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Maclurodendron porteri''
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Maclurodendron pubescens''
''Maclurodendron obovatum'', ''Maclurodendron oligophlebium'', and ''Maclurodendron porteri'' were formerly classified by
Joseph Dalton Hooker and
Elmer Drew Merrill into the genus ''
Acronychia''. ''Maclurodendron pubescens'' and ''Maclurodendron parviflorum'' are listed as
vulnerable in the
IUCN Red List.
References
External links
Description of the genus MaclurodendronTwig and leaf illustration of Maclurodendron porteri
Zanthoxyloideae genera
Dioecious plants
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