Abstract
BackgroundThe family Opiliaceae in Santalales comprises approximately 38 species within 12 genera distributed worldwide. In Taiwan, only one species of the tribe Champereieae, Champereia manillana, has been recorded. Here we report the first record of a second member of Opiliaceae, Cansjera in tribe Opilieae, for Taiwan.New informationThe newly-found species, Cansjera rheedei J.F. Gmelin (Opiliaceae), is a liana distributed from India and Nepal to southern China and western Malaysia. This is the first record of both the genus Cansjera and the tribe Opilieae of Opiliaceae in Taiwan. In this report, we provide a taxonomic description for the species and colour photographs to facilitate identification in the field.
Highlights
The order Santalales comprises approximately 18 families, 160 genera and more than 2,200 species (Nickrent et al 2010)
The family Opiliaceae in Santalales is divided into four tribes (Agonandreae, Anthoboleae, Champereieae and Opilieae) according to the latest classification, comprising 12 genera and 38 species (Le et al 2018)
Based on the information provided by Le et al (2018), we identified this species as Cansjera rheedei J.F
Summary
The order Santalales comprises approximately 18 families, 160 genera and more than 2,200 species (Nickrent et al 2010). The family Opiliaceae in Santalales is divided into four tribes (Agonandreae, Anthoboleae, Champereieae and Opilieae) according to the latest classification, comprising 12 genera and 38 species (Le et al 2018). In Champereieae, the twigs, leaves and pedicels are glabrous; the inflorescence is a panicle; the ovaries are globose to ovoid and the styles are absent. In Opilieae, the twigs, leaves and pedicels are sparsely to densely hairy; the inflorescence is an axillary raceme or spike; ovaries are conical to cylindrical and styles are present (Le et al 2018). In Taiwan, only one species of the tribe Champereieae (family Opiliaceae), Champereia manillana (Blume) Merr. Gmelin, representing the first record of this genus in Taiwan
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