Platydesma
Platydesma is a formerly recognized genus of plants in family Rutaceae. Evidence from 2009 indicated that Platydesma is nested within the genus Melicope and is sister to all Hawaiian Melicope species,[1] and it is now placed within that genus.[2][3] The other Melicope species are dioecious (individual plants only bear either male or female flowers), whereas the flowers of species formerly placed in Platydesma are hermaphroditic, suggesting a rare evolutionary reversion away from dioecy.[1] Species included:
- Platydesma remyi → Melicope remyi
- Platydesma rostrata → Melicope rostrata
References[edit]
- ^ a b Harbaugh, Danica T.; Wagner, Warren L.; Allan, Gerard J.; Zimmer, Elizabeth A. (2009). "The Hawaiian Archipelago is a stepping stone for dispersal in the Pacific: an example from the plant genus Melicope (Rutaceae)". Journal of Biogeography. 36 (2): 230–241. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02008.x. S2CID 56279216.
- ^ "Platydesma H.Mann". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
- ^ Appelhans, Marc S.; Bayly, Michael J.; Heslewood, Margaret M.; Groppo, Milton; Verboom, G. Anthony; Forster, Paul I.; Kallunki, Jacquelyn A. & Duretto, Marco F. (2021). "A new subfamily classification of the Citrus family (Rutaceae) based on six nuclear and plastid markers". Taxon. 70 (5): 1035–1061. doi:10.1002/tax.12543. hdl:11343/288824.
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