Ceuthostoma
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The ceuthostoma are a plant genus in the family of casuarinaceae (Casuarinaceae) from the order of the book-like (Fagales).
features
The individual, photosynthetically active twigs of the Ceuthostoma trees each have four small leaflets and no visible stomata . The fruit stands on green branches and have protruding bracts . The bracts of the single flowers are oriented forward and have no extensions on the back. The fruits are brownish wing nuts.
Occurrence
The recent species of the genus occur from Malaysia to New Guinea . Fossil finds are also from New Zealand and South America.
species
The genus includes two types:
- Ceuthostoma palawanense L.ASJohnson : It is only found in the Philippines.
- Ceuthostoma terminale L.ASJohnson : It occurs only in northern Borneo and northern New Guinea.
proof
- ↑ Akiko Sogo, Hiroaki Setoguchi, Junko Noguchi, Tanguy Jaffre, Hiroshi Tobe: Molecular Phylogeny of Casuarinaceae Based on rbcL and MatK Gene Sequences . In: Journal of Plant Research . tape 114 , 2001, pp. 459-464 .
- ↑ Casuarinaceae at the University of Connecticut (Eng.)
- ↑ Entry of the genre at Uniprot
- ↑ a b Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Ceuthostoma. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved January 13, 2015.