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Encyclopedia > Formanodendron
Trigonobalanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Trigonobalanus
Species

See text Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families included in the Kew list: Fagaceae - Beech family   (including Nothofagaceae) Betulaceae - Birch family Corylaceae - Hazel family Ticodendraceae not included in the Kew list: Casuarinaceae - She-oak family Juglandaceae - Walnut family Rhoipteleaceae Myricaceae The Fagales are an order of flowering plants, including some of the best known trees. ... Genera Castanea - Chestnuts Castanopsis Chrysolepis - Golden chinkapin Colombobalanus Fagus - Beeches Formanodendron Lithocarpus - Stone oaks Nothofagus - Southern beeches Quercus - Oaks Trigonobalanus The family Fagaceae, or beech family, is characterized by alternate leaves with pinnate venation, flowers in the form of catkins, and fruit in the form of nuts, one to seven...

Trigonobalanus is a genus of three species of evergreen trees in the family Fagaceae, related to beeches and chestnuts. The species are widely scattered, with one in northern South America and two in southeast Asia; some botanists treat the three species in separate genera. The three species, with their authors, major synonyms and distribution, are: The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. ... Genera Castanea - Chestnuts Castanopsis Chrysolepis - Golden chinkapin Colombobalanus Fagus - Beeches Formanodendron Lithocarpus - Stone oaks Nothofagus - Southern beeches Quercus - Oaks Trigonobalanus The family Fagaceae, or beech family, is characterized by alternate leaves with pinnate venation, flowers in the form of catkins, and fruit in the form of nuts, one to seven... Species Fagus crenata - Japanese Beech Fagus engleriana - Chinese Beech Fagus grandifolia - American Beech Fagus hayatae - Taiwan Beech Fagus japonica - Japanese Blue Beech Fagus longipetiolata - South Chinese Beech Fagus lucida - Shining Beech Fagus mexicana - Mexican Beech or Haya Fagus orientalis - Oriental Beech Fagus sylvatica - European Beech Beech (Fagus) is a genus... Chestnut is also used to describe a certain colour of coat in horses that resembles the colour of the chestnut nut. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... World map showing location of Asia A satellite composite image of Asia Asia is the central and eastern part of the continent of Eurasia, defined by subtracting the European peninsula from Eurasia. ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ...

  • Trigonobalanus doichangensis (A.Camus) Forman (syn. Formanodendron doichangensis (A.Camus) Nixon & Crepet). Subtropical Yunnan to northern Thailand.
  • Trigonobalanus excelsa Lozano, Hern. Cam. & Henao (syn. Colombobalanus excelsa (Lozano, Hern. Cam. & Henao) Nixon & Crepet). Endemic in Colombia.
  • Trigonobalanus verticillata Forman. Tropical Indonesia and the Malay Peninsula.

Yunnan (Simplified Chinese: 云南; Traditional Chinese: 雲南; pinyin: ) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located in the far southwestern corner of the country. ... This article is about the ecological meaning of endemic. See also endemic (epidemiology). ... The Malay Peninsula (Malay: Semenanjung Melayu) is a major peninsula located in Southeast Asia. ...

External links

  • Kew Checklist: Trigonobalanus (http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcb_servlet/checklist?fam=&pub=&gen=trig%25&geog=&spec=&infra=&auth=&pubauth=on&basauth=on&Search=Search&query_type=param_query)
  • Thai BFK Forest Herbarium: Trigonobalanus doichangensis (description and photos) (http://www.dnp.go.th/Botany/plant%20of%20the%20month/htm/Trigonobalanus%20doichangensis.htm)
  • Flora of China: Formanodendron doichangensis (with drawing) (http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210000543)
  • Drawing of Trigonobalanus verticillata (http://django.harvard.edu/users/jjarvie/Itemscan/trigonob.gif)
  • Photo of Colombobalanus excelsa (http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/images/colom01.jpg)

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AY040452 Formanodendron doichangensis isolate 1400 internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence.
AY040453 Formanodendron doichangensis isolate 1401 internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence.
AY040499 Formanodendron doichangensis maturase gene, partial cds; chloroplast gene for chloroplast product.
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