Octomeles

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Tetramelaceae
Genus: Octomeles
Species: O. sumatranum
Name

Octomeles Miq.
References

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Octomeles in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Octomeles[2] is a monotypic genus of plant in family Tetramelaceae. The sole species is Octomeles sumatrana,[3][4] sometimes written O. sumatranum.[5]

Octomeles sumatrana is found in Brunei,, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and the Solomon Islands. It and Tetrameles nudiflora are the only two species in the family Tetramelaceae. They were previously classified in the Datiscaceae but found genetically to not form a natural clade with the other members of that family.[6]

The tree is dioecious and large: reaching up to 75 m in height. A pioneer species, it regenerates quickly in disturbed habitats such as logged forest and previously cultivated land.

References

Hills, R. (2019). "Octomeles sumatrana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T33239A67810862. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T33239A67810862.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Miquel FAW (1861) Flora van Nederlandsch Indië, Eerste bijvoegsel. C.G. van der Post, Amsterdam. Vol. 2: 151-336
TPL: Octomeles sumatrana Miq. (6 February 2018)
Tropicos: O. sumatrana Miq. (6 February 2018)
GBIF: Octomeles sumatranum Miq. (6 February 2018)
"Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae)" (PDF). Taxon. 60 (1): 122–38. 2011.