Meliosma (lat. Meliosma) — sabiaceae fəsiləsinə aid bitki cinsi.
Meliosma és un gènere de plantes amb flor de la família Sabiaceae.
Són arbres menuts o grans entre 10-45 m, originaris de les zones temperades i càlides de l'Àsia del Sud, l'Extrem Orient i Amèrica. El gènere conté entre unes 100 i 25 espècies segons els autors.[1]
Els fòssils demostren que aquest gènere havia tingut una distribució més ampla en l'Hemisferi nord en el passat fins al Pliocè.[2]
L'eruga de la papallona Choaspes benjaminii menja les fulles de M. pungens, rhoifolia, M. rigida, i M. squamulata.
Àsia
Amèrica
Meliosma és un gènere de plantes amb flor de la família Sabiaceae.
Meliosma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sabiaceae, native to tropical to warm temperate regions of southern and eastern Asia and the Americas. It is traditionally considered to contain about 100 species; some botanists[2] take a much more conservative view accepting only 20-25 species as distinct. They are trees or shrubs, growing to 10–45 m tall.
Fossil evidence shows the genus formerly had a much wider range in the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe and central Asia until the late Pliocene ice ages, and somewhat earlier in North America.[3]At least 17 species of Meliosma are known from Peru.[4]
The Indian awlking (Choaspes benjaminii) is one of the Lepidoptera whose caterpillars feed on Meliosma; they have been found on M. pungens, rhoifolia, M. rigida, and M. squamulata.
Asia
Americas
Fossil endocarps from the early Miocene of Meliosma wetteraviensis, have been found in the Czech part of the Zittau Basin. Stratigraphical range of this taxon is from the late Oligocene to Pliocene of Western Europe and Siberia.[5] Additional Meliosma fossils have been found in the middle Eocene Clarno Formation of Oregon, USA,[6] and the Paleocene Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.[1]
Meliosma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sabiaceae, native to tropical to warm temperate regions of southern and eastern Asia and the Americas. It is traditionally considered to contain about 100 species; some botanists take a much more conservative view accepting only 20-25 species as distinct. They are trees or shrubs, growing to 10–45 m tall.
Fossil evidence shows the genus formerly had a much wider range in the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe and central Asia until the late Pliocene ice ages, and somewhat earlier in North America.At least 17 species of Meliosma are known from Peru.
The Indian awlking (Choaspes benjaminii) is one of the Lepidoptera whose caterpillars feed on Meliosma; they have been found on M. pungens, rhoifolia, M. rigida, and M. squamulata.
Meliosma (sin. Millingtonia Roxb., Wellingtonia Meisn.) es un género con unas 100 especies de plantas de flores perteneciente a la familia Sabiaceae, nativo de las regiones tropicales y templadas del sur y este de Asia y de América. Algunos botánicos como por ejemplo (van Beusekom 1971) aceptan solamente de 20 a 25 especies.
Son árboles y arbustos que alcanzan 10-45 metros de altura.
Meliosma (sin. Millingtonia Roxb., Wellingtonia Meisn.) es un género con unas 100 especies de plantas de flores perteneciente a la familia Sabiaceae, nativo de las regiones tropicales y templadas del sur y este de Asia y de América. Algunos botánicos como por ejemplo (van Beusekom 1971) aceptan solamente de 20 a 25 especies.
Meliosma est un genre de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Sabiaceae, originaires des régions tropicales des Amériques et d'Asie.
Asie
Amériques
Meliosma est un genre de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Sabiaceae, originaires des régions tropicales des Amériques et d'Asie.