Pottingeria | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Celastrales |
Family: | Celastraceae |
Genus: |
Pottingeria Prain |
Species: | P. acuminata
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Binomial name | |
Pottingeria acuminata Prain
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Pottingeria is a genus consisting of a single species, Pottingeria acuminata, a small tree or large shrub native to mountainous areas of southeast Asia ( Assam, Myanmar, and Thailand). [1]
It had long been thought, at least by some, to belong in the order Celastrales. [1] In a phylogenetic study of that order in 2006, Pottingeria was found to be a member of the order, but not of any of its families. It was in an unresolved pentatomy consisting of Parnassiaceae, Pottingeria, Mortonia, the pair ( Quetzalia + Zinowiewia), and the other genera of Celastraceae. [2] When the APG III system was published in October 2009, the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group expanded Celastraceae to include all members of the pentatomy mentioned above. [3] Armen Takhtajan had placed Pottingeria in a monotypic family in 1987, [4] but he later treated it as a subfamily of Celastraceae. [5]
Pottingeria | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Celastrales |
Family: | Celastraceae |
Genus: |
Pottingeria Prain |
Species: | P. acuminata
|
Binomial name | |
Pottingeria acuminata Prain
|
Pottingeria is a genus consisting of a single species, Pottingeria acuminata, a small tree or large shrub native to mountainous areas of southeast Asia ( Assam, Myanmar, and Thailand). [1]
It had long been thought, at least by some, to belong in the order Celastrales. [1] In a phylogenetic study of that order in 2006, Pottingeria was found to be a member of the order, but not of any of its families. It was in an unresolved pentatomy consisting of Parnassiaceae, Pottingeria, Mortonia, the pair ( Quetzalia + Zinowiewia), and the other genera of Celastraceae. [2] When the APG III system was published in October 2009, the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group expanded Celastraceae to include all members of the pentatomy mentioned above. [3] Armen Takhtajan had placed Pottingeria in a monotypic family in 1987, [4] but he later treated it as a subfamily of Celastraceae. [5]