Macaranga
| Macaranga | |
|---|---|
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| Macaranga peltata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Acalypheae |
| Subtribe: | Macaranginae |
| Genus: | Macaranga Thouars 1806[1] |
| Type species | |
| Macaranga mauritiana Bojer ex Baill.[2][3] | |
| Synonyms[4] | |
Macaranga is a large genus of Old World tropical trees of the family Euphorbiaceae and the only genus in the subtribe Macaranginae. Native to Africa, Australasia, Asia and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, the genus comprises over 300 different species.[4][5] It was first described as a genus in 1806, based on specimens collected on the Island of Mauritius.[1][3]
Macaranga is noted for being recolonizers. Macaranga species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Endoclita malabaricus. Macaranga species often form symbioses with ant (Formicidae) species (particularly Crematogaster ants of the subgenus Decacrema) because they have hollow stems that can serve as nesting space and occasionally provide nectar. The trees benefit because the ants attack herbivorous insects and either drive them away or feed on them.[6]
Use
Macaranga gum, a crimson resin, is obtained from Macaranga indica.
Species include
- Macaranga acerifolia
- Macaranga aenigmatica
- Macaranga allorobinsonii
- Macaranga assas[7]
- Macaranga attenuata
- Macaranga beccariana
- Macaranga beillei
- Macaranga bicolor
- Macaranga capensis
- Macaranga caudatifolia
- Macaranga celebica
- Macaranga congestiflora
- Macaranga conglomerata
- Macaranga conifera
- Macaranga crassistipulosa
- Macaranga gigantea
- Macaranga grandifolia
- Macaranga hispida
- Macaranga huahineensis
- Macaranga indica
- Macaranga involucrata
- Macaranga loheri
- Macaranga mappa
- Macaranga mauritiana
- Macaranga minahassae
- Macaranga paxii
- Macaranga peltata
- Macaranga puncticulata
- Macaranga quadricornis
- Macaranga raivavaeensis
- Macaranga rorokae
- Macaranga sandsii
- Macaranga serratifolia
- Macaranga sinensis
- Macaranga taitensis
- Macaranga tanarius
- Macaranga triloba
- Macaranga venosa
- Macaranga waturandangii
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- 1 2 Du Petit-Thouars (1806). Genera nova madagascariensia secundum methodum jussiaeanam disposita. Paris. 29pp
- ↑ neotype, mistakenly called lectotype, designated by M. J. E. Coode, Taxon 25: 184 (1976). Cannot be lectotype because not described until 1859
- 1 2 Tropicos, genus Macaranga
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ↑ Federle, W.; Maschwitz, U.; Fiala, B. (1998). "The two-partner ant-plant system of Camponotus (Colobopsis) sp. 1 and Macaranga puncticulata (Euphorbiaceae): Natural history of the exceptional ant partner". Insectes Sociaux. 45 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1007/s000400050064.
- ↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". Retrieved 2013-10-25.