''Sloanea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Elaeocarpaceae, comprising about 150 species. Species include: * ''

Sloanea acutiflora ''Sloanea acutiflora'' is a species of plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It is endemic to Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country ...

'' Uittien * ''

Sloanea assamica ''Sloanea assamica'' is a species of plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, and Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ e ...

'' Rehder & E. Wilson * '' Sloanea australis'' Benth. & F.Muell., an Australian rainforest tree * '' Sloanea berteroana'' Choisy ex DC. * ''

Sloanea caribaea ''Sloanea caribaea'', commonly known as acomat boucan, is a tree of the eastern Caribbean region. References ''Sloanea caribaea''
at Oxford University's Virtual Field Herbarium. Sloanea, caribaea Trees of the Caribbean Flora without expect ...

'' Krug & Urb. ex Duss * ''

Sloanea gracilis ''Sloanea gracilis'' is a species of plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It is endemic to Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country o ...

'' Uittien * ''

Sloanea lepida ''Sloanea lepida'' is a species of plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia ) , anthem = "" , image_map = New Caledonia on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of New C ...

'' Tirel * ''

Sloanea shankii ''Sloanea shankii'' is a species of plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It is endemic to Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatem ...

Standl. Paul Carpenter Standley (March 21, 1884 – June 2, 1963) was an American botanist known for his work on neotropical plants. __TOC__ Standley was born on March 21, 1884 in Avalon, Missouri. He attended Drury College in Springfield, Missouri an ...

& L.O.Williams * ''

Sloanea suaveolens ''Sloanea suaveolens'' is a species of plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia ) , anthem = "" , image_map = New Caledonia on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of N ...

'' Tirel * ''

Sloanea tomentosa ''Sloanea tomentosa'' is a species of plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a count ...

'' Rehder & E. Wilson * '' Sloanea woollsii'' F.Muell., an

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n rainforest tree

Fossil record

†''Sloanea olmediaefolia'' has been described from many fossil leaves collected from

lower Oligocene The Rupelian is, in the geologic timescale, the older of two age (geology), ages or the lower of two stage (stratigraphy), stages of the Oligocene epoch (geology), Epoch/series (stratigraphy), Series. It spans the time between . It is preceded b ...

strata In geology and related fields, a stratum ( : strata) is a layer of rock or sediment characterized by certain lithologic properties or attributes that distinguish it from adjacent layers from which it is separated by visible surfaces known as ei ...

from 1857 to 1889 in Santa Giustina and Sassello in Central Liguria, Italy. Fossil leaves of this species have also been collected from the continental (

fluvial In geography and geology, fluvial processes are associated with rivers and streams and the deposits and landforms created by them. When the stream or rivers are associated with glaciers, ice sheets, or ice caps, the term glaciofluvial or fluviog ...

and limnic) beds of the

Csatka Csatka (german: Tschatkau) is a village in Komárom-Esztergom county, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to ...

Formation near Oroszlány (western Hungary, northeastern Transdanubia); these beds are from the 34 million years old

Oligocene The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the ...

regional stage Kiscellian.Oligocene plant remains from Oroszlány, Hungary by Ildikó Selmeczi and Lilla Hably - Article in Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 256(3):353-361 · June 2010 - DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0058

References

External links

Elaeocarpaceae
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