''Anisophyllea'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...
in the family
Anisophylleaceae
The Anisophylleaceae are a small family with four genera and about 70 species, in the order Cucurbitales, according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APG II. However, it is more isolated from the other suprafamilial clades in this order, while i ...
. The generic name is from the
Greek
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Greece
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meaning "unequal leaf", referring to the
dimorphism of the leaves.
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Description
''Anisophyllea'' species grow as shrubs or trees. The bark is smooth to flaky. The flowers are unisexual
Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproducti ...
. The fruits are drupes (pitted) and are ellipsoid or pear-shaped.[
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Distribution and habitat
''Anisophyllea'' species are distributed widely throughout the old world tropics, including Africa
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, India
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, Sri Lanka, mainland Southeast Asia
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, Sumatra and Borneo
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. Their habitat is lowland and hill forests from sea-level to altitude.[
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Species
'' The Plant List'' recognises about 36 accepted species:[
* '' Anisophyllea apetala''
* '' Anisophyllea beccariana''
* '' Anisophyllea boehmii''
* '' Anisophyllea buchneri''
* '' Anisophyllea buettneri''
* '' Anisophyllea cabole''
* '' Anisophyllea chartacea''
* '']Anisophyllea cinnamomoides
''Anisophyllea cinnamomoides'' is a species of plant in the family Anisophylleaceae. It is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other de ...
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* '' Anisophyllea corneri''
* '' Anisophyllea curtisii''
* '' Anisophyllea dichostila''
* '' Anisophyllea disticha''
* '' Anisophyllea fallax''
* '' Anisophyllea ferruginea''
* '' Anisophyllea glandulifolia''
* '' Anisophyllea globosa''
* '' Anisophyllea grandis''
* '' Anisophyllea griffithii''
* '' Anisophyllea guianensis''
* '' Anisophyllea impressinervia''
* '' Anisophyllea ismailii''
* '' Anisophyllea laurina''
* '' Anisophyllea manausensis''
* '' Anisophyllea meniaudii''
* '' Anisophyllea myriosticta''
* '' Anisophyllea nitida''
* '' Anisophyllea obtusifolia''
* '' Anisophyllea penninervata''
* '' Anisophyllea polyneura''
* '' Anisophyllea pomifera''
* '' Anisophyllea purpurascens''
* '' Anisophyllea quangensis''
* '' Anisophyllea reticulata''
* '' Anisophyllea rhomboidea''
* '' Anisophyllea scortechinii''
* '' Anisophyllea sororia''
* '' Anisophyllea thouarsiana''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1626224
Cucurbitales genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot