Ctenolophon
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Ctenolophon is the only genus of the family of Ctenolophonaceae within the order of Malpighienartigen (Malpighiales).
description
The Ctenolophon species are large trees or shrubs . The opposite, stalked leaves are simple, leathery and have a smooth or wavy edge. The stipules are small in scale.
Many flowers are grouped together in inflorescences. The radial symmetry flowers are hermaphroditic and usually five-fold. Five sepals each are free or partially fused. The five petals are free. There are two circles with five stamens each; they are fused at the base. Two carpels are a syncarp, Upper permanent ovary grown. The stamp has a double-lobed scar.
The sepals are still present on the narrowly ribbed capsule fruits ; they turn gray as they dry and contain only one seed. The seed is smaller than 5 mm and is surrounded by a hairy aril .
use
From ctenolophon parvifolius is wood used. (German)
distribution
The representatives of the genus Ctenolophon have a disjoint area : on the one hand in West Africa and on the other in the Malay Archipelago .
Systematics
In the genus of the Ctenolophon Oliv. and thus in the family there are only about two (to four species):
- Ctenolophon englerianus Mildbr. (Syn .: Cubilia rumphii Blume ): The homeland is southern Nigeria, Gabon, Cameroon, Zaire and northern Angola.
- Ctenolophon parvifolius Oliv. (Syn .: Ctenolophon grandifolius Oliv. , Ctenolophon philippinensis Merr. ): The home is Thailand to New Guinea and the Philippines.
swell
- The family of Ctenolophonaceae in APWebsite. (Section description and systematics)
- Description of the genus Ctenolophon at DELTA. (Section description)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ctenolophon parvifolius for commercial timbers from DELTA.
- ↑ a b c Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Ctenolophon. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved September 19, 2018.
