Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales
Familia: Putranjivaceae
Genus: Putranjiva
Species: P. roxburghii
Name
Putranjiva Wall.
References
Tent. Fl. Napal. 2: 61. 1826
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Putranjiva in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
Putranjiva is a plant genus of the family Putranjivaceae, first described as a genus in 1826. It is native to Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, Japan, southern China, and New Guinea.[2]
Along with Drypetes (of the same family), it contains mustard oils as a chemical defense against herbivores.[3] The ability to produce glucosinolates is believed to have evolved only twice, in the Putranjivaceae and the Brassicales.[3]
Species[2]
Putranjiva formosana Kaneh. & Sasaki ex Shimada - Guangdong, Taiwan
Putranjiva matsumurae Koidz. - Honsu + Ryukyu Islands in Japan
Putranjiva roxburghii Wall. - Indian Subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka), Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea
Putranjiva zeylanica (Thwaites) Müll.Arg. - Sri Lanka
References
illustration from tab. 53 of D. Brandis, Illustrations of the Forest Flora of North-West and Central India, 1874
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Pamela S. Soltis and Douglas E. Soltis (2004), "The origin and diversification of angiosperms", American Journal of Botany, 91 (10): 1614–1626, doi:10.3732/ajb.91.10.1614, PMID 21652312
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