Mortoniodendron

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Tilioideae
Genus: Mortoniodendron
Species: M. abelianum – M. anisophyllum – M. apetalum – M. cauliflorum – M. costaricense – M. guatemalense – M. hirsutum – M. longipedunculatum – M. membranaceum – M. ocotense – M. palaciosii – M. pentagonum – M. ruizii – M. sulcatum – M. uxpanapense – M. vestitum
Name

Mortoniodendron Standl. & Steyerm. (1938)

Type species: Mortoniodendron anisophyllum (Standl.) Standl. & Steyerm.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Orthandra Burret
Westphalina A. Robyns & Bamps

References

Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. 1938. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17: 411.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Mortoniodendron in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 13. Reference page.

Mortoniodendron is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.[1]

Its native range is southern Mexico to Colombia. It is also found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama.[1] Fossils indicate that it has been in its present range since the Miocene. Eocene-aged pollen from Europe and Southern China attributable to the genus indicate a wider distribution in the Northern Hemisphere in the past.[2]

The genus name of Mortoniodendron is in honour of Conrad Vernon Morton (1905–1972), an American botanist who did notable writings on Ferns.[3] It was first described and published in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Series 17 on page 411 in 1938.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Mortoniodendron abelianum Al.Rodr.
Mortoniodendron anisophyllum (Standl.) Standl. & Steyerm.
Mortoniodendron apetalum Al.Rodr.
Mortoniodendron cauliflorum Al.Rodr.
Mortoniodendron costaricense Standl. & L.O.Williams
Mortoniodendron guatemalense Standl. & Steyerm.
Mortoniodendron hirsutum Standl.
Mortoniodendron longipedunculatum Al.Rodr.
Mortoniodendron membranaceum Standl. & Steyerm.
Mortoniodendron ocotense Ishiki & T.Wendt
Mortoniodendron palaciosii Miranda
Mortoniodendron pentagonum (Donn.Sm.) Miranda
Mortoniodendron ruizii Miranda
Mortoniodendron sulcatum Lundell
Mortoniodendron uxpanapense Dorr & T.Wendt
Mortoniodendron vestitum Lundell

References

"Mortoniodendron Standl. & Steyerm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
Hofmann, Christa-Ch.; Kodrul, Tatiana M.; Liu, Xiaoyan; Jin, Jianhua (June 2019). "Scanning electron microscopy investigations of middle to late Eocene pollen from the Changchang Basin (Hainan Island, South China) – Insights into the paleobiogeography and fossil history of Juglans, Fagus, Lagerstroemia, Mortoniodendron, Cornus, Nyssa, Symplocos and some Icacinaceae in SE Asia". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 265: 41–61. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2019.02.004.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.