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Description
Genus Mangifera
Trees
with simple
, entire leaves. Flowers disposed in terminal
panicles, small and polgamous. Calyx deciduous. Petals 4-5, imbricate. Stamens as many as the petals, with only 1 functional stamen. Ovary unilocular
, with a solitary ovule; style filiform
. Fruit a large succulent drupe.
A genus of 40 species in S.E. Asia and Indo-Malaya.[1]
Habitat
Ecology: Lowland mixed dense rainforest.[2]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Flowering Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rutanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Burserales
()
- Baskerville, 1839
- Family:
Anacardiaceae
()
- Lindley, 1830
- Genus:
Mangifera
()
- L., Sp. Pl. 200. 1753. Gen. Pl. ed. 5:93. 1754
- Specific epithet:
nicobarica
- Kosterm.
- Botanical name: - Mangifera nicobarica Kosterm.
- Specific epithet:
nicobarica
- Kosterm.
- Genus:
Mangifera
(
- Family:
Anacardiaceae
(
- Order:
Burserales
(
- Superorder:
Rutanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Kosterm. Publication : in A.J.G.H. Kostermans & J.M. Bompard, Mangoes: 52 (1993) 1993
Similar Species
Members of the genus Mangifera
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 169 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
M. acutigemma · M. africana · M. altissima (Pahutan) · M. amba · M. andamanica · M. anisodora · M. applanata · M. austro-indica · M. austro-yunnanensis · M. austroindica · M. axillaris · M. balba · M. beccarii · M. blommesteinii · M. bompardii · M. bullata · M. caesia (Malaysian Mango) · M. caloneura · M. cambodiana · M. campnospermoides · M. camptosperma (Bent-Seeded Mango) · M. casturi (Kalimantan Mango) · M. cochinchinensis · M. collina · M. curtisii · M. decandra · M. dewildei · M. domestica · M. dongnaiensis · M. duperreana · M. equina · M. flava · M. foetida (Bachang Mango) · M. fragrans · M. gabonensis · M. gandaria · M. gedebe · M. gedebi · M. gladiata · M. glauca · M. gracilipes · M. griffithii · M. havilandi · M. havilandii · M. 'Heidi' · M. hiemalis · M. horsfieldii · M. indica (Indian Mango) · M. indica 'Alampur Baneshan' · M. indica 'Ataulfo' (Mango Ataulfo) · M. indica 'Bailey's Marvel' (Mango) · M. indica 'Beverly' (Mango) · M. indica 'Bombay' (Mango) · M. indica 'Carrie' (Mango) · M. indica 'Chocanon' · M. indica 'Cogshall' · M. indica 'Dot' · M. indica 'East Indian' (Mango) · M. indica 'Edwards' · M. indica 'Fairchild' · M. indica 'Glenn' (Mango) · M. indica 'Golden Nugget' (Mango) · M. indica 'Haden' (Mango) · M. indica 'Hatcher' · M. indica 'Ice Cream' · M. indica 'Irwin' · M. indica 'Jakarta' (Mango) · M. indica 'Julie' · M. indica 'Keitt' (Mango) · M. indica 'Kent' (Mango) · M. indica 'Lancetilla' · M. indica 'Mallika' (Mango) · M. indica 'Manila Mango' · M. indica 'Miami' · M. indica 'Mulgoba' · M. indica 'Nam Doc Mai' (Mango) · M. indica 'Okrung' · M. indica 'Palmer' (Mango) · M. indica 'Philippine' (Mango) · M. indica 'Tommy Atkins' (Mango) · M. indica 'Valencia Pride' · M. indica var. Julie (Julie Mango) · M. inocarpoides · M. integrifolia · M. kemanga · M. khasiana · M. khoonmengiana · M. kukula · M. lagenifera · M. lalijiwa · M. lanceolata · M. langong · M. laurina · M. laxiflora · M. leschenaultii · M. linearifolia · M. linnaei · M. longipes (Mango Ayer) · M. longipetiolata · M. macrocarpa
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Further Reading
- Kostermans, A.J.G.H. and Bompard, J.-M. 1993. TheMangoes. Academic Press Ltd., London.
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Notes
Contributors
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7147611
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14992152
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:978612-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 978612-1
- IUCN ID: 37502
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1024556
Footnotes
- Yasin J. Nasir "Mangifera". in Flora of Pakistan Page 19. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
