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Dipentodontaceae
''Dipentodontaceae'' is a family of flowering plants containing two genera. # ''Dipentodon'' Dunn - southern China, Assam, Myanmar # ''Perrottetia'' Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt - southern China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Queensland, Hawaii, Latin America. References

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Perrottetia Sandwicensis
''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described as a family in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently described order Huerteales. Taxonomy This genus was previously placed in the staff vine family, Celastraceae., but molecular evidence has shown that it not related and better placed with ''Dipentodon'' in a separate family Dipentodontaceae. Species and subspecies ;accepted taxa * '' Perrottetia alpestris'' - insular Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Queensland ** subsp. ''moluccana'' ** subsp. ''philippinensis'' * '' Perrottetia arisanensis'' - Yunnan, Taiwan * '' Perrottetia caliensis'' - Colombia * '' Perrottetia calva'' - Colombia * ''Perrottetia colorata'' - Colombia * ''Perrottetia distichophylla'' - Colombia * ''Perrottetia excelsa'' - Panama * ''Perrottetia gentryi'' - Colombia, Peru, Bolivia * ''Perrottetia guacharana'' - Col ...
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Dipentodon
Dipentodon is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Dipentodontaceae. Its only species, ''Dipentodon sinicus'', is a small, deciduous tree native to southern China, northern Myanmar, and northern India.Jinshuang Ma and Bruce Bartholomew. 2008. "Dipentodontaceae" pages 494-495. In: Zhengyi Wu, Peter H. Raven, and Deyuan Hong (editors). ''Flora of China'' volume 11. Science Press: Beijing, China; Missouri Botanical Garden Press: St. Louis, Missouri, USA. It has been little studied and until recently its affinities remained obscure. Description ''Dipentodon sinicus'' is a small, deciduous tree. The leaves are Stipule, stipulate, Leaf#Arrangement on the stem, alternate, and Leaf#Divisions of the lamina (blade), simple, with Leaf shape, serrate margins. The inflorescence is variable in form, usually an abbreviated, umbelliform Cyme (botany), cyme containing 25 to 30 small flowers. The flowers are Floral symmetry, actinomorphic and yellowish green. The sepals and ...
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Perrottetia
''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described as a family in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently described order Huerteales. Taxonomy This genus was previously placed in the staff vine family, Celastraceae., but molecular evidence has shown that it not related and better placed with ''Dipentodon'' in a separate family Dipentodontaceae. Species and subspecies ;accepted taxa * '' Perrottetia alpestris'' - insular Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Queensland ** subsp. ''moluccana'' ** subsp. ''philippinensis'' * '' Perrottetia arisanensis'' - Yunnan, Taiwan * '' Perrottetia caliensis'' - Colombia * '' Perrottetia calva'' - Colombia * ''Perrottetia colorata'' - Colombia * ''Perrottetia distichophylla'' - Colombia * ''Perrottetia excelsa'' - Panama * ''Perrottetia gentryi'' - Colombia, Peru, Bolivia * ''Perrottetia guacharana'' - Colom ...
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Dipentodontaceae
''Dipentodontaceae'' is a family of flowering plants containing two genera. # ''Dipentodon'' Dunn - southern China, Assam, Myanmar # ''Perrottetia'' Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt - southern China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Queensland, Hawaii, Latin America. References

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Elmer Drew Merrill
Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region. Through the course of his career he authored nearly 500 publications, described approximately 3,000 new plant species, and amassed over one million herbarium specimens. In addition to his scientific work he was an accomplished administrator, college dean, university professor and editor of scientific journals.Archives of the Arnold Arboretum Early life Merrill and his twin brother, Dana T. Merrill, were born and raised in the small village of Auburn, Maine, East Auburn, Maine. They were the youngest of six children by Daniel C. Merrill and Mary (Noyes) Merrill. Merrill showed an early interest in natural history, collecting and identifying plants, birds' eggs, rocks, and minerals. In 1894 he entered the University of Maine with the intention of stu ...
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