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Lansium

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Lansium domesticum Blanco1.117-cropped.jpg

|image_caption = Lansium domesticum

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Lansium

|authority = Corrêa

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text

|synonyms =

  • Lachanodendron Reinw. ex Blume
  • Plutea Noronha

}}

Lansium is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, containing at least three species. The species Lansium domesticum is a tropical fruit-bearing tree that is cultivated in tropical Southeast Asia, and on a much smaller scale elsewhere in the tropics. Other previously named species are now placed in the genera Aglaia, Epicharis and Reinwardtiodendron.

Taxonomy and related genera

The genus was named in 1807 by the Portuguese botanist José Francisco Corrêa da Serra.Corrêa JF (1807) Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 157. As of 2024, Plants of the World Online recognizes the following species of Lansium.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A26763-1 Plants of the World Online: Lansium Corrêa] (retrieved 28 October 2024)

  1. Lansium breviracemosum Kosterm. - Lesser Sunda Islands
  2. Lansium domesticum Corrêa - type species - Malesia, introduced elsewhere in SE Asia
  3. Lansium membranaceum (Kosterm.) Mabb. - Sumatra

Note: "Lansium parasiticum", has been used in place of L. domesticum;
it is a synonym of Epicharis parasitica (also in the Meliaceae).

Phylogenetic studies suggest the following relationships amongst closely related genera:

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|1={{clade

|1=Lansium Corrêa

|2=Reinwardtiodendron Koord.

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|2={{clade

|1=Heckeldora Pierre

|2=Vavaea Benth.

}}

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References

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External links

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  • {{cite web|url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/62XLX|website=Catalogue of Life|title=Lansium Corrêa|access-date=18 February 2021}}
  • {{cite web |url= http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=lansium |title=The Plant List | accessdate=16 May 2014}}

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Category:Meliaceae

Category:Trees of Asia

Category:Meliaceae genera