Engelhardia

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Engelhardia
Engelhardia spicata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Juglandaceae
Subfamily: Engelhardioideae
Genus: Engelhardia
Lesch. ex Blume
Synonyms
  • Alfaropsis Iljinsk.
  • Pterilema Reinw.

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

As of December 2023, Plants of the World Online recognised the following species and varieties:

References

  1. ^ a b c "Engelhardia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ^ Larsson, Linda M.; Vajda, Vivi; Rasmussen, Erik S. (2006). "Early Miocene pollen and spores from western Jylland, Denmark - environmental and climatic implications". GFF. 128 (3). Informa UK Limited: 261–272. Bibcode:2006GFF...128..261L. doi:10.1080/11035890601283261. ISSN 1103-5897. S2CID 129320973.
  3. ^ Vojtko, Rastislav (2016-10-21). "Miocénna flóra z lokalít Kalonda a Mučín" [Miocene flora from the localities Kalonda and Mučín]. Acta Geologica Slovaca (in Slovak). 1 (1): 65–70. ISSN 1338-0044. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  4. ^ Denk, Thomas; Grimsson, Friðgeir; Zetter, Reinhard; Símonarson, Leifur A. (28 March 2011). Late Cainozoic Floras of Iceland: 15 Million Years of Vegetation and Climate History in the Northern North Atlantic. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-94-007-0372-8.

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