Ahernia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Achariaceae
Tribus: Erythrospermeae
Genus: Ahernia
Species: A. glandulosa
Name

Ahernia Merr., Philipp. J. Sci., C 4: 295. (1909)

monotypic taxon

References

Merrill, E.D. 1909. Philippine Journal of Science. Section C, Botany C 4: 295.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Ahernia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec. 16. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Ahernia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec. 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Ahernia. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 16 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Ahernia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Dec. 2019.

Ahernia is a genus of a single species (Ahernia glandulosa) of trees in the willow family Salicaceae found in Hainan province of China and Luzon island of the Philippines. Previously it was treated in the family Flacourtiaceae[1] or Achariaceae.[2] Ahernia is closely related to the American genera Hasseltia, Macrothumia, and Pleuranthodendron, but differs in its axillary racemes and more numerous (10–15) petals.[3][4] Ahernia glandulosa is found in low elevation primary forests and is known in the Tagalog language as butun or sanglai. It grows 8–15 m (26–49 ft) tall.[5]

References

Lemke, David (1988). "A synopsis of Flacourtiaceae". Aliso. 12: 29–43. doi:10.5642/aliso.19881201.05.
Chase, Mark W.; Sue Zmarzty; M. Dolores Lledó; Kenneth J. Wurdack; Susan M. Swensen; Michael F. Fay (2002). "When in doubt, put it in Flacourtiaceae: a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on plastid rbcL DNA sequences". Kew Bulletin. 57 (1): 141–181. doi:10.2307/4110825. JSTOR 4110825.
Alford, Mac (2006). "Nomenclatural innovations in Neotropical Salicaceae". Novon. 16 (3): 293–298. doi:10.3417/1055-3177(2006)16[293:niins]2.0.co;2.
Alford, Mac (2008). "Revision of Neosprucea (Salicaceae)". Systematic Botany Monographs. 85: 1–62.
Sleumer, Hermann (1954). "Flacourtiaceae". Flora Malesiana. Series I, Spermatophyta. 5: 1–106.