''Burretiodendron'' is a genus of trees. Traditionally included in the
family Tiliaceae
Tiliaceae () is a family of flowering plants. It is not a part of the APG, APG II and APG III classifications, being sunk in Malvaceae mostly as the subfamilies Tilioideae, Brownlowioideae and Grewioideae, but has an extensive historical record o ...
, it is included in the expanded
Malvaceae in the
APG and most subsequent systematics. It contains some species formerly in the (not too closely related) ''
Pentace
''Pentace'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae ''sensu lato'' or Tiliaceae
Tiliaceae () is a family of flowering plants. It is not a part of the APG, APG II and APG III classifications, being sunk in Malvaceae mostly as the ...
''. Thus, ''
Parapentace''
Gagnep. may be a synonym of ''Burretiodendron'' rather than ''Pentace''.
These are deciduous or semi-evergreen trees with heart-shaped leaves and winged capsules.
This genus is native to and distributed in
Asia, from southern China to Vietnam, Myanmar, and Thailand.
[Li, J., Tang, Y., & Shoup, S. (2004)]
Sequences of nrDNA support ''Excentrodendron'' and ''Burretiodendron'' (Malvaceae).
''Harvard Papers in Botany'', 83-88.["''Burretiodendron'' Rehder". ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 24 August 2021]
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Species
Species include:[''Burretiodendron''.]
The Plant List.[
*'' Burretiodendron brilletii'' (Gagnep.) Kosterm. northern Vietnam
*'' Burretiodendron esquirolii'' (H.Lév.) Rehder southern China, Myanmar, Thailand
*'' Burretiodendron hsienmu''
*'' Burretiodendron kydiifolium'' Y.C.Hsu & R.Zhuge southern Yunnan (China)
*'' Burretiodendron obconicum'' W.Y.Chun & F.C.How Guangxi (China)
*'' Burretiodendron siamense'' Kosterm. west-central Thailand and Mergui Archipelago (Myanmar)
*'' Burretiodendron tonkinense'' (A.Chev.) Kosterm. Yunnan and Guangxi (China), and northern Vietnam
*'' Burretiodendron yunnanense''
]
References
Malvaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Dombeyoideae
Indomalayan realm flora
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