Nicobariodendron

Nicobariodendron
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plants
Department:	Angiosperms
Grade:	Dicotyledonous
Order:	APG III Classification System not established
Family:	APG III Classification System not established
Gender:	Nicobariodendron
Latin name
	Nicobariodendron Vasudeva Rao & Chakrab. (1986)
Kinds
	Nicobariodendron sleumeri Vasudeva Rao & Chakrab. (1986) typus

Nicobariodendron ( lat. Nicobariodendron ) is a monotypic genus of trees found on some islands of the Indian Ocean . The only species is Nicobariodendron sleumeri .

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Title

The scientific name of the genus is derived from the name of the Nicobar Islands and other Greek. δένδρον - “tree”.

Distribution

Nicobariodendron is an endemic of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (administratively, these islands are combined into a union territory within India - the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ).

Biological Description

Trees up to 35 meters high.

The leaves are simple, opposite.

Dioecious plant . Flowers are collected in a brush . Male flowers - with two stamens , anthers open with a longitudinal gap. The structure of female flowers has not been studied.

Fruits are oblong, elliptical or ovoid, contain a single seed . Plants bloom in October, bear fruit in December.

Classification

The genus belongs to dicotyledonous plants , but there are no more accurate data that could be considered reliable. Two samples of nicobariodendron were described by Indian scientists in 1985 , but since then no additional data has been published.

In the Classification System APG III (2009), the genus is included in an additional list of taxa that do not have a specific position. In some databases, the genus is included in the Bereskletovye family ( Celastraceae ) of the order Bereskletotsvetnye ( Celastrales ) ^[1] . According to the Germplasm Resources Information Network ( GRIN ) website, the assignment of this genus to euonymus is doubtful ^[2] .

Notes

↑ Nicobariodendron in the Crescent Bloom database (English) (Retrieved January 25, 2010)
↑ See the links section.

Links

Nicobariodendron (English) : information on the GRIN website. (Retrieved January 25, 2010)
Nicobariodendron Vasudeva Rao & Chakrab. (English) : Information on the IPNI website. (Retrieved January 25, 2010)
Nicobariodendron sleumeri Vasudeva Rao & Chakrab. (English) : Information on the IPNI website. (Retrieved January 25, 2010)

APG III classification system (2009)

angiosperms

Amborelliferous , Austrobail , Chlorant , Pitcher

magnoliids : canelliferous , laurel , magnoliferous , pepper flowers

monocots

	orders Airaciferous , Chastochotsvetnye , Asparagaceous , Dioskoretsvetnye , Liliavetnye , Pandanotsvetnye , Petrosavietsvetnye

	commelinids : Dazypogonic family, Orchidaceae , Commeliformes , Daffodil , Ginger

Allegedly related to eudicots : order

eudicots

Sabiev family, Boxwood , Proteusaceae , Ranunculaceae , Trochodendrocidae orders

core
eudicots

Dillenie family, orders Gunneriformes , Sagittarius

rosids

	Grapevines order

	fabids (eurosids I): orders Birchweed , Pumpkin , Bean, Bouciferous, Malpigian, Sorrel , Rosaceae ,

	malvids (eurosids II): orders Cabbage , Cross-flowering , Geranium , Huertiane , Malvotsvetnye , Myrtiformes , Pikramnotsvetnye , Sapindotsvetnye

orders Berberidopsis blooms , Carnations , Santalots

asterids

	Cornelian , Heathers

	lamiids (euasterids I): Burachnic , Icacinidae , Mettenius , Oncotica , Valium families , Harryish-flowered , Gentian , Luciferous , Papillonaceous

	campanulids (euasterids II): orders Umbrellas , Holly-blooms , Astrociens , Bruneciens , Teasel , Escallonaceae , Paracryphae

indefinite position : families of the Apodantine , Cinomoriae , Gumillea genera, Nicobariodendron , Petenea

•• Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (including Bremer B. , Bremer K. , Rivil D. , Chase M. ) • APG I • APG II (+ list ) • APG III (+ list ) ••

[1] Nicobariodendron in the Crescent Bloom database (English) (Retrieved January 25, 2010)

[2] See the links section.