Phyllobotryon spathulatum

Phyllobotryon spathulatum
	Epiphyllous inflorescence of Phyllobotryon spathulatum Müll.Arg.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Genus:	Phyllobotryon
Species:	P. spathulatum
Binomial name
	Phyllobotryon spathulatum; Müll.Arg.
Synonyms
	Phyllobotryon basiflorum Gilg ; Phyllobotryon breviflorum Gilg ex Engl. ; Phyllobotryon soyauxianum Baill. ; Phyllobotryon zenkeri Gilg ; Phylloclinium soyauxianum Baill. ex Warb.;

Phyllobotryon spathulatum is a species of tree in the family Salicaceae native to Cameroon, Gabon, and Nigeria.^[1]

Description

The species grows to about 12 feet (3.7 m) in height. Its leaves are uncommonly large and grow to 40 inches (100 cm) long by 7 inches (18 cm) wide. It is especially noted for its flowers, which grow in several evenly-spaced clusters along the midrib of the leaves.^[2] It is believed that an inflorescence has become fused to the midrib, as in the lindens (Tilia spp). The small red flowers are trimerous, with 3 sepals, 3 petals a pistil with 3 stigmata and about thirty stamens.^[3]

Taxonomy

It was published by Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1864.^[4]^[1] It is the type species of its genus.^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Phyllobotryon spathulatum Müll.Arg". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
^ Menninger, Edwin A. Fantastic Trees. New York: The Viking Press. pp. 52, 264 and photo p. 47.
^ "Phyllobotryon spathulatum Müll.Arg". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
^ Königl. Bayer. Botanische Gesellschaft zu Regensburg., Königl. Botanische Gesellschaft in Regensburg., Königl. Bayer. Botanische Gesellschaft zu Regensburg., & Königliche Botanische Gesellschaft. (1818). Flora oder Botanische Zeitung :welche Recensionen, Abhandlungen, Aufsätze, Neuigkeiten und Nachrichten, die Botanik betreffend, enthält (Vol. 47, Issue 34, p. 534). Die Gesellschaft. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56000
^ Bos, J. J. (1975). On Phyllobotryon Müll. Arg.(Flacourtiaceae). Acta Botanica Neerlandica, 24(2), 229-236.
^ Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-e). Phyllobotryon Müll. Arg. Tropicos. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/40007585

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[POWO-1] "Phyllobotryon spathulatum Müll.Arg". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 November 2024.

[2] Menninger, Edwin A. Fantastic Trees. New York: The Viking Press. pp. 52, 264 and photo p. 47.

[3] "Phyllobotryon spathulatum Müll.Arg". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

[Müller_Argoviensis,_1864-4] Königl. Bayer. Botanische Gesellschaft zu Regensburg., Königl. Botanische Gesellschaft in Regensburg., Königl. Bayer. Botanische Gesellschaft zu Regensburg., & Königliche Botanische Gesellschaft. (1818). Flora oder Botanische Zeitung :welche Recensionen, Abhandlungen, Aufsätze, Neuigkeiten und Nachrichten, die Botanik betreffend, enthält (Vol. 47, Issue 34, p. 534). Die Gesellschaft. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56000

[Bos,_1975-5] Bos, J. J. (1975). On Phyllobotryon Müll. Arg.(Flacourtiaceae). Acta Botanica Neerlandica, 24(2), 229-236.

[Tropicos-6] Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-e). Phyllobotryon Müll. Arg. Tropicos. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/40007585

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