Dillenia

Dillenia
Dillenia indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	unplaced
Family:	Dilleniaceae
Genus:	Dillenia L.[1][2]
Type species
Dillenia indica[1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Lenidia Thouars Neowormia Hutch. & Summerh. Reifferscheidia C.Presl Wormia Rottb. List sources :[2][3]

19th century illustration of Dillenia reifferscheidia

Dillenia is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Dilleniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of southern Asia, Australasia, and the Indian Ocean islands.^[4][5]

The genus is named after the German botanist Johann Jacob Dillenius, and consists of evergreen or semi-evergreen trees and shrubs. The leaves are simple, spirally arranged The flowers are solitary, or in terminal racemes, with five sepals and five petals, numerous stamens and a cluster of 5-20 carpels; they are superficially similar in appearance to Magnolia flowers.^[5]

Selected species

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1. ^ ^{a b} In: Species Plantarum 1: 535. 1753. "Name - Dillenia L.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40031201. Retrieved February 20, 2010. "Type Specimens: Dillenia indica" 
2. ^ ^{a b} GRIN (September 17, 1996). "Dillenia information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?3709. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
3. ^ "Name - Dillenia L. synonyms". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/NameSynonyms.aspx?nameid=40031201. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
4. ^ ^{a b} GRIN. "Species in GRIN for genus Dillenia". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?3709. Retrieved February 27, 2010. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-47494-5. 
6. ^ "Name - Dillenia L. subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/NameSubordinateTaxa.aspx?nameid=40031201. Retrieved February 27, 2010. 
7. ^ "Query Results for Genus Genus". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_genus=Dillenia&find_rankToReturn=spec&output_format=normal&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch. Retrieved February 27, 2010. 

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