Mesua

Mesua ferrea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Calophyllaceae
Tribus: Calophylleae
Genus: Mesua
Species: M. clemensorum – M. ferrea – M. kochummeniana – M. nuda – M. pulchella – M. purseglovei – M. pustulata – M. thwaitesii

Name

Mesua L., 1753

• Type species: Mesua ferrea L.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Nagassari Adans.
  • Nagatampo Adans.
  • Naghas Mirb. ex Steud.
  • Plagiorrhiza Hallier f.
  • Plinia Blanco non Plinia L., Sp. Pl. 516. (1753) (Myrtaceae)
  • Vidalia Fern.-Vill. non Vidalia J.V.Lamouroux ex J.Agardh, 1863, nom. cons. (Rhodomelaceae)
  • Rhynea Scop.
    

Note: Current analyses conclude that this genus is best treated as monotypic with just the type species and the rest of the species moved to Kayea s.l., for example, Ruhfel et al. (2016). However, the formal re-circumscription has not been undertaken.

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 515. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Priyangani, E.G.D., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N. & Yakandawala, D.M.D. 2006. A Preliminary Anatomical and Morphological Study of The Genus Mesua in Sri Lanka: A Taxonomic Approach. Peradeniya University Research Session PURSE -2006, Proceeding and Abstracts 11: 139. Synopsis Reference page. 
• Ruhfel, B.R., Bove, C.P., Philbrick, C.T. & Davis, C.C. 2016. Dispersal largely explains the Gondwanan distribution of the ancient tropical clusioid plant clade. American Journal of Botany 103(6): 1117-1128. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1500537 Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2021. Mesua. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul. 17. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Mesua in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul. 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Mesua. Published online. Accessed: Jul 17 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Mesua. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Jul 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mesua in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Ironwood, Rose Chestnut

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