Elaeocarpus
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Elaeocarpus is a genus of nearly five hundred species of flowering plants in the family Elaeocarpaceae native to the Western Indian Ocean, Tropical and Subtropical Asia, and the Pacific. Plants in the genus Elaeocarpus are trees or shrubs with simple leaves, flowers with four or five petals usually, and usually blue fruit.
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Description
Plants in the genus Elaeocarpus are mostly evergreen trees or shrubs, a few are epiphytes or lianes, and some are briefly deciduous. The leaves are arranged alternately, simple (strictly compound with only one leaflet) with a swelling where the petiole meets the lamina, often have toothed edges, usually have prominent veins and often turn red before falling. The flowers are usually arranged in a raceme, usually bisexual, have four or five sepals and petals and many stamens. The petals usually have finely-divided, linear lobes. The fruit is an oval to spherical drupe that is usually blue, sometimes black, with a sculptured endocarp.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
The genus Elaeocarpus was first formally described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum,[4][5] although Johannes Burman published an illustration of "Elaecarpus serrata" in his book Thesaurus zeylanicus, but without a description of the genus.[6] The first species described by Linnaeus (the type species) was Elaeocarpus serratus.[4] The name Elaeocarpus is derived from Greek and means ‘olive-fruited’.[7]
Species
See also List of Elaeocarpus species
There are about 488 species of Elaeocarpus, found on the islands of the western Indian Ocean, in tropical and subtropical Asia, Australia and on Pacific islands.[8]
Selected species
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- Elaeocarpus acmosepalus Stapf ex Ridl.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Elaeocarpus amoenus ThwaitesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (Sri Lanka)
- Elaeocarpus angustifolius BlumeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (India, Bangladesh, China, Indochina, Indonesia, Australia, Papua New Guinea and surrounding islands)
- Elaeocarpus arnhemicus F.Muell.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (northern Australia, New Guinea)
- Elaeocarpus bancroftii F.Muell. & F.M.BaileyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (Queensland)
- Elaeocarpus bifidus Hook. & Arn.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Hawaiian Islands (Kauaʻi & Oʻahu)
- Elaeocarpus blascoi WeibelScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (India, threatened)
- Elaeocarpus bojeri R.E.VaughanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (Mauritius)
- Elaeocarpus brigittae CoodeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (Sumatra)
- Elaeocarpus calomala (Blanco) Merr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". -
- Elaeocarpus carolinae B.Hyland & CoodeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (north-east Queensland)
- Elaeocarpus ceylanicus (Arn.) Mast.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (Sri Lanka)
- Elaeocarpus colnettianus GuillauminScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (New Caledonia)
- Elaeocarpus cordifolius CoodeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (Kalimantan, Sarawak)
- Elaeocarpus coriaceus Hook.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (Sri Lanka)
- Elaeocarpus costatus M.TaylorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (Lord Howe Island)
- Elaeocarpus cruciatus CornerScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (Malaysia, threatened)
- Elaeocarpus culminicola Warb.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (New Guinea, Queensland)
- Elaeocarpus dentatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) VahlScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (New Zealand)
- Elaeocarpus dinagatensis Merr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (Philippines)
- Elaeocarpus eriobotryoides Ridl.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (Malaysia)
- Elaeocarpus eumundi F.M.BaileyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (Australia)
- Elaeocarpus ferrugineus (Jack) Steud.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (Malaysia, Borneo)
- Elaeocarpus fraseri CoodeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (Malaysia)
- Elaeocarpus gaussenii WeibelScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (India, critically endangered)
- Elaeocarpus gigantifolius ElmerScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (Philippines)
- Elaeocarpus glandulifer (Hook. ex Wight) Mast.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (Sri Lanka)
- Elaeocarpus grandis F.Muell.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – blue quandong (New South Wales, Queensland)
- Elaeocarpus griffithii (Wight) A.GrayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – (Island and mainland Southeast Asia)
- Elaeocarpus hedyosmus ZmarztyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - (Sri Lanka)
- Elaeocarpus holopetalus F.Muell.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – (New South Wales, Victoria, Australia)
- Elaeocarpus homalioides Schltr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Elaeocarpus hookerianus RaoulScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – (New Zealand)
- Elaeocarpus hygrophilus KurzScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – (Thailand)
- Elaeocarpus inopinatus CoodeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – (Borneo)
- Elaeocarpus integrifolius Lam.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – (Mauritius)
- Elaeocarpus joga Merr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – (Mariana Islands, Palau)
- Elaeocarpus kirtonii F.Muell. ex F.M.BaileyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – silver quandong (New South Wales, Queensland)
- Elaeocarpus lanceifolius Roxb.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – (Tropical Asia)
- Elaeocarpus miriensis WeibelScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Elaeocarpus montanus ThwaitesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – (Sri Lanka)
- Elaeocarpus moratii TirelScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Elaeocarpus munroi (Wight) Mast.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Elaeocarpus nanus CornerScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Elaeocarpus obovatus G.DonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – (Australia)
- Elaeocarpus obtusus BlumeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Elaeocarpus prunifolius (Müll.Berol.) Wall. ex Mast.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Elaeocarpus pseudopaniculatus CornerScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Elaeocarpus recurvatus CornerScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Elaeocarpus reticosus Ridl.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Elaeocarpus reticulatus Sm.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – blueberry ash (eastern Australia)
- Elaeocarpus royenii WeibelScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Elaeocarpus rugosus Roxb. ex G.DonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Elaeocarpus sedentarius Maynard & CraynScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Elaeocarpus serratus L.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – (South Asia)
- Elaeocarpus simaluensis WeibelScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Elaeocarpus stipularis BlumeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – (Indo-China, Malaysia)
- Elaeocarpus subvillosus Arn.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – (Japan, Taiwan, China, Indochina).
- Elaeocarpus sylvestris (Lour.) Poir.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Elaeocarpus symingtonii NgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Elaeocarpus taprobanicus ZmarztyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – (Sri Lanka)
- Elaeocarpus thorelii PierreScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – (Cambodia)
- Elaeocarpus venustus Bedd.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Elaeocarpus williamsianus GuymerScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – hairy quandong (New South Wales)
References
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