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Glochidion zeylanicum var. zeylanicum

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Umbrella cheese tree
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Glochidion
Species:
Variety:
G. z. var. zeylanicum
Trinomial name
Glochidion zeylanicum var. zeylanicum
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Agyneia flexuosa B.Heyne ex Benth. (1847), nom. nud.
  • Agyneia obliqua Willd. (1805)
  • Bradleia nitida Roxb. (1832)
  • Bradleia obliqua (Willd.) Spreng. (1826)
  • Bradleia timoriensis Steud. (1840)
  • Diasperus brunneus (Hook.f.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Diasperus hongkongensis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Diasperus nitidus (Roxb.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Diasperus obliquus (Willd.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Diasperus perakensis (Hook.f.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Glochidion brunneum Hook.f. (1887)
  • Glochidion brunneum subsp. andamanicum N.P.Balakr. & Chakr. (1983)
  • Glochidion canaranum (Müll.Arg.) Bedd. (1873)
  • Glochidion ferdinandi var. supra-axillare (Benth.) F.M.Bailey (1902)
  • Glochidion glaberrimum Ridl. (1923)
  • Glochidion hongkongense Müll.Arg. (1863)
  • Glochidion lanceolatum var. liukiuense (Hayata) Hurus. (1954)
  • Glochidion littorale Benth. (1861), nom. illeg.
  • Glochidion liukiuense Hayata (1911)
  • Glochidion nitidum (Roxb.) Voigt (1845)
  • Glochidion obliquum (Willd.) Decne. (1834)
  • Glochidion pedunculatum Merr. (1916)
  • Glochidion perakense Hook.f. (1887)
  • Glochidion perakense var. supra-axillare (Benth.) Airy Shaw (1972)
  • Glochidion sumatranum Miq. (1861)
  • Glochidion supra-axillare (Benth.) Domin (1927)
  • Glochidion zeylanicum var. malayanum J.J.Sm. (1910)
  • Glochidion zeylanicum var. nitidum (Roxb.) Haines (1921)
  • Phyllanthus canaranus Müll.Arg. in Flora 48: 871 (1865)
  • Phyllanthus ferdinandi var. supra-axillaris Benth. (1873)
  • Phyllanthus hongkongensis (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg. (1865)
  • Phyllanthus nitidus (Roxb.) Reinw. ex Blume (1856)
  • Phyllanthus obliquus (Willd.) Müll.Arg. (1865)

Glochidion zeylanicum var. zeylanicum, known as the umbrella cheese tree, is a plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to northern and eastern Australia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Indonesia, Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, Japan, and the Indian subcontinent.[1] It is recognized as a distinct species by some sources, as Glochidion sumatranum and other synonyms.[2][1] The habitat is rainforest, or rainforest margins in swampy areas, sometimes associated with palms. It may grow to 15 metres tall. The most southerly point of natural distribution is Iluka, New South Wales.[2]

Glochidion zeylanicum var. zelyanicum is presumably is dependent on leafflower moths (Epicephala spp.) for its pollination, like other species of tree in the genus Glochidion.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Glochidion zeylanicum var. zeylanicum Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (2nd, Revised ed.). Lismore, New South Wales: Terania Rainforest Publishing. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-958943-67-3. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  3. ^ Kato, M.; Takimura, A.; Kawakita, A. (2003) "An obligate pollination mutualism and reciprocal diversification in the tree genus Glochidion (Euphorbiaceae)." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 100 (9): 5264–5267