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'''''Caryodaphnopsis''''' is a genus of 15 species belonging to the family [[Lauraceae]] of [[flowering plants]]. It is distributed in tropical areas in southern North America, northern South America, east and southeast Asia.
'''''Caryodaphnopsis''''' is a genus of 15 species belonging to the family [[Lauraceae]] of [[flowering plants]]. It is distributed in tropical areas in southern North America, northern South America, and East and Southeast Asia.


They are from tall trees to 50 m. high to small trees or shrubs in lowland evergreen forest and [[rainforest]].
They vary from 50-m-high trees to small trees or shrubs in lowland evergreen forest and [[rainforest]].


''Caryodaphnopsis'' is a tropical genus amphi-Pacific distributed, which has a marked geographical disjunction between Southeast Asia (South [[China]], [[Vietnam]], [[Laos]], [[Cambodia]], [[Indonesia]] and the [[Philippines]]) and tropical America ([[Costa Rica]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.golfito-costarica.com/golfito/flora-fauna-golfito.html |title=Flora and Fauna Golfito, Costa Rica |publisher=Golfito-costarica.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-12}}</ref> to [[Brazil]], crossing [[Peru]], [[Ecuador]], [[Colombia]], and [[Venezuela]]).
''Caryodaphnopsis'' is a tropical genus distributed across the Pacific, with a marked geographical disjunction between Southeast Asia (South [[China]], [[Vietnam]], [[Laos]], [[Cambodia]], [[Indonesia]], and the [[Philippines]]) and tropical America ([[Costa Rica]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.golfito-costarica.com/golfito/flora-fauna-golfito.html |title=Flora and Fauna Golfito, Costa Rica |publisher=Golfito-costarica.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-12}}</ref> to [[Brazil]], crossing [[Peru]], [[Ecuador]], [[Colombia]], and [[Venezuela]]).


==Taxonomic History==
==Taxonomic History==
[[File:Caryodaphnopsis burgery.jpg|thumb|''[[Caryodaphnopsis burgeri]]'' leaves]]
[[File:Caryodaphnopsis burgery.jpg|thumb|''[[Caryodaphnopsis burgeri]]'' leaves]]
This genus, originally reported for Asia, was described by Airy Shaw in 1940, who created the genus name due to similarities between the leaves of this with the leaves of some species of ''Cryptocarya'' (=''Caryodaphne''). Until 1985 the genus was only reported for tropical Asia, but van der Werff and Richter, transferred two South American species of the genus ''Persea'' to ''Caryodaphnopsis''.<ref>{{cite journal|title=''Caryodaphnopsis'' Airy-Shaw (Lauraceae), a Genus New to the Neotropics|author=Henk van der Werff and H. G. Richter|journal=Systematic Botany|volume=10|issue=2|year=1985|pages=166–173|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2418342?uid=3739448&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=3737720&uid=4&sid=21100969802333}}</ref>
This genus, originally reported for Asia, was described by Airy Shaw in 1940, who created the genus name due to similarities between the leaves of this with the leaves of some species of ''Cryptocarya'' (''Caryodaphne''). Until 1985, the genus was only reported for tropical Asia, but van der Werff and Richter transferred two South American species of the genus ''Persea'' to ''Caryodaphnopsis''.<ref>{{cite journal|title=''Caryodaphnopsis'' Airy-Shaw (Lauraceae), a Genus New to the Neotropics|author=Henk van der Werff and H. G. Richter|journal=Systematic Botany|volume=10|issue=2|year=1985|pages=166–173|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2418342?uid=3739448&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=3737720&uid=4&sid=21100969802333}}</ref>


== Species ==
== Species ==
It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}
It contains at least these species:{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}


* ''[[Caryodaphnopsis baviensis]]'' ([[Paul Henri Lecomte|Lecomte]]) [[Airy Shaw]]
* ''[[Caryodaphnopsis baviensis]]'' ([[Paul Henri Lecomte|Lecomte]]) [[Airy Shaw]]

Revision as of 23:18, 25 January 2014

Caryodaphnopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Magnoliids
Order:
Laurales
Family:
Lauraceae
Genus:
Caryodaphnopsis

Species

See text.

Caryodaphnopsis is a genus of 15 species belonging to the family Lauraceae of flowering plants. It is distributed in tropical areas in southern North America, northern South America, and East and Southeast Asia.

They vary from 50-m-high trees to small trees or shrubs in lowland evergreen forest and rainforest.

Caryodaphnopsis is a tropical genus distributed across the Pacific, with a marked geographical disjunction between Southeast Asia (South China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Philippines) and tropical America (Costa Rica[1] to Brazil, crossing Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela).

Taxonomic History

Caryodaphnopsis burgeri leaves

This genus, originally reported for Asia, was described by Airy Shaw in 1940, who created the genus name due to similarities between the leaves of this with the leaves of some species of Cryptocarya (Caryodaphne). Until 1985, the genus was only reported for tropical Asia, but van der Werff and Richter transferred two South American species of the genus Persea to Caryodaphnopsis.[2]

Species

It contains at least these species:[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Flora and Fauna Golfito, Costa Rica". Golfito-costarica.com. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  2. ^ Henk van der Werff and H. G. Richter (1985). "Caryodaphnopsis Airy-Shaw (Lauraceae), a Genus New to the Neotropics". Systematic Botany. 10 (2): 166–173.

External links

"North Indochinese Ecosystems". Terrestrial-biozones.net. Retrieved 2012-06-12.

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