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Engelhardia
Sign in to saveEngelhardia is a genus of trees in the family Juglandaceae, native to tropical Asia from northern India east to Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines. The genus name is commonly misspelled "Engelhardtia", a "correction" made by the original author Carl Ludwig Blume in 1829 and persistent until today, as it was thus entered in the Index Kewensis; the original spelling is Engelhardia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFagales
- FamilyJuglandaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 141
- With media
- 119
- Family
- Juglandaceae
- Collections
- LACM, NY, UCMP, A
- Recorded in
- Germany, Vietnam, United States, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Juglandaceae
- Image
- Engelhardtia spicata Blanco2.387-cropped.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Engelhardia
- taxonomic type
- Engelhardia spicata
- taxon common name
- 烟包树属
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Encyclopedic overview
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Engelhardia is a genus of trees in the family Juglandaceae, native to tropical Asia from northern India east to Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines. The genus name is commonly misspelled "Engelhardtia", a "correction" made by the original author Carl Ludwig Blume in 1829 and persistent until today, as it was thus entered in the Index Kewensis; the original spelling is Engelhardia.
==Fossil record== Engelhardia pollen has been found in deposits of Miocene Age in Denmark. †Engelhardia orsbergensis leaf fossils have been uncovered from rhyodacite tuff of Lower Miocene age in Southern Slovakia near the town of Lučenec. †Engelhardia orsbergensis and †Engelhardia macroptera fossils have been uncovered from late Miocene strata in Iceland.
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