Vernicia
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Vernicia is a genus in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1790.[1][2] It is native to China, Japan, India, and Indochina.[3][4][5] The species have often been included within the related genus Aleurites.[6][7]
They are shrubs or trees growing to 20 m tall. The leaves are alternate, broad, and entire to palmately lobed; they may be either deciduous or evergreen. The flowers may be either monoecious or dioecious.[5]
Species[3]
| Image | Fruit | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vernicia cordata (Thunb.) Airy Shaw. | southern Japan, naturalized in Angola and Nepal | ||
| File:油桐 Vernicia fordii -武漢植物園 Wuhan Botanical Garden- (9229897402).jpg | File:Vernicia fordii5.jpg | Vernicia fordii (Hemsl.) Airy Shaw. | southern China, Myanmar, Vietnam, naturalized in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Taiwan, eastern Himalayas, New South Wales, California, Lesser Antilles, Paraguay, Argentina (tung oil tree) |
| File:木油桐（千年桐）Vernicia montana 20210326150211 03.jpg | File:Vernicia montana 3.jpg | Vernicia montana Lour. | southern China, Indochina; naturalized in Angola, Japan, Java, eastern Himalayas (mu oil tree) |
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References
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- ↑ Loureiro, João de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis 2: 541, 586–587 in Latin, highly abbreviated
- ↑ Tropicos Vernicia Lour.
- ↑ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Template:GRIN
- ↑ a b Flora of Thailand: Vernicia
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 266 油桐属 you tong shu Vernicia Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 2: 586. 1790.
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