Lansium

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Lansium
Lansium domesticum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Subfamily: Melioideae
Genus: Lansium
Corrêa
Species
Synonyms
  • Lachanodendron Reinw. ex Blume
  • Plutea Noronha

Lansium is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, containing at least three species.[1][2] The species Lansium domesticum is a tropical fruit-bearing tree that is cultivated in tropical Southeast Asia, and on a much smaller scale elsewhere in the tropics. Other previously named species are now placed in the genera Aglaia and Reinwardtiodendron.

Taxonomy and related genera[edit]

The genus was named in 1807 by the Portuguese botanist José Francisco Corrêa da Serra. As of 2021, the Catalogue of Life recognizes three species of Lansium.[1]

Phylogenetic studies suggest the following relationships amongst closely related genera:

Lansium Corrêa

Reinwardtiodendron Koord.

Heckeldora Pierre

Vavaea Benth.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Lansium Corrêa". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  2. ^ "The Plant List". Retrieved 16 May 2014.