Baccaurea

Baccaurea
Fruits of Baccaurea racemosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily:	Antidesmatoideae
Tribe:	Scepeae
Genus:	Baccaurea Lour. (1790)
Type species
Baccaurea ramiflora[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms[2]
Adenocrepis Blume (1826) Calyptroon Miq. (1861) Coccomelia Reinw. (1825) Everettiodendron Merr. (1909) Gatnaia Gagnep. (1924 publ. 1925) Hedycarpus Jack (1823) Microsepala Miq. (1861) Pierardia Roxb. (1832)

Baccaurea[1] is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae. The genus comprises 51 species, distributed from India to Indochina, southern China, Malesia, New Guinea, and the West Pacific.[2] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[3] Many species contain edible fruits.[4]

Hue, Vietnam

Baccaurea sapida in Pakke Tiger Reserve, India

Species

51 species are accepted.[2]

• Baccaurea airyshawii Chakrab. & M.Gangop.
• Baccaurea angulata Merr.
• Baccaurea annamensis Gagnep.
• Baccaurea bakeri Elmer ex Merr.
• Baccaurea bracteata Müll.Arg.
• Baccaurea brevipes Hook.f.
• Baccaurea carinata Haegens
• Baccaurea celebica Pax & K.Hoffm.
• Baccaurea costulata (Miq.) Müll.Arg.
• Baccaurea courtallensis (Wight) Müll.Arg.
• Baccaurea dasystachya (Miq.) Müll.Arg.
• Baccaurea deflexa Müll.Arg.
• Baccaurea dolichobotrys Merr.
• Baccaurea dulcis (Jack) Müll.Arg.
• Baccaurea edulis Merr.
• Baccaurea henii Thìn
• Baccaurea javanica (Blume) Müll.Arg.
• Baccaurea lanceolata (Miq.) Müll.Arg.
• Baccaurea macrocarpa (Miq.) Müll.Arg.
• Baccaurea macrophylla (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.
• Baccaurea maingayi Hook.f.
• Baccaurea malayana King ex Hook.f.
• Baccaurea microcarpa (Airy Shaw) Haegens
• Baccaurea minor Hook.f.
• Baccaurea mollis Haegens
• Baccaurea motleyana (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.
• Baccaurea multiflora Burck ex J.J.Sm.
• Baccaurea nanihua Merr.
• Baccaurea nesophila Airy Shaw
• Baccaurea odoratissima Elmer
• Baccaurea papuana F.M.Bailey
• Baccaurea parviflora (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.
• Baccaurea philippinensis (Merr.) Merr.
• Baccaurea polyneura Hook.f. (syn. Baccaurea hookeri Gage)
• Baccaurea ptychopyxis Airy Shaw
• Baccaurea pubera (Miq.) Müll.Arg. (syn. Baccaurea latifolia King ex Hook.f.)
• Baccaurea purpurea Haegens
• Baccaurea pyriformis Gage
• Baccaurea racemosa (Reinw.) Müll.Arg.
• Baccaurea ramiflora Lour.
• Baccaurea reniformis Chakrab. & M.Gangop.
• Baccaurea reticulata Hook.f.
• Baccaurea sarawakensis Pax & K.Hoffm.
• Baccaurea seemannii (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.
• Baccaurea simaloerensis Haegens
• Baccaurea sumatrana (Miq.) Müll.Arg.
• Baccaurea sylvestris Lour.
• Baccaurea taitensis Müll.Arg.
• Baccaurea tetrandra (Baill.) Müll.Arg.
• Baccaurea trigonocarpa Merr.
• Baccaurea velutina (Ridl.) Ridl.

References

1. Flora Cochinchinensis 2: 661. 1790. "Name - Baccaurea Lour". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved February 6, 2010. Type Specimen: Baccaurea ramiflora Lour.
2. Baccaurea Lour. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
3. Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.
4. "Baccaurea (PROSEA Fruits) - PlantUse English". uses.plantnet-project.org. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

External links

• Media related to Baccaurea at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Baccaurea at Wikispecies