Daphniphyllum griffithianum

Daphniphyllum griffithianum is a tree species in the family Daphniphyllaceae. It is native to an area from Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia to Thailand.

Daphniphyllum griffithianum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Daphniphyllaceae
Genus: Daphniphyllum
Species:
D. griffithianum
Binomial name
Daphniphyllum griffithianum
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphniphyllum bancanum Kurz
  • Daphniphyllum laurinum (Benth.) Baill.
  • Goughia griffithiana Wight
  • Goughia laurina Benth.
  • Gyrandra laurina Wall.

Taxonomy

The species is in section Lunata of Daphniphyllum, along with D. calycinum and D. majus.[2]

This current species was described by the botanist Henry John Noltie (born 1957) in 2005, in the publication Regnum Vegatibile: a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers (Utrecht).[3] This was a re-working of the taxa, originally named by the Scottish surgeon and botanist Robert Wight (1796-1872) as Goughia griffithiana in 1852. Wight was a leading plant taxonomist of South India.

Distribution

It is native to an area from Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia to Thailand. Countries and regions that it has been recorded are: Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara, Kalimantan, Sumatera); Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak, Peninsular Malaysia); and Thailand.

Habitat and ecology

The species is of low-moderate abundance in the peat swamp forest of PT National Sago Prima of PT Sampoerna Agro tbk, Kepulauan Meranti Regency, Riau Province, Sumatera.[4] This forest was logged some 28 years before study. This is enough time for the vegetation community to return to primary forest but there is still a considerable presence of secondary forest taxa. The most important taxa at the time of study were Benstonea atrocarpa and Blumeodendron subrotundifolium

Further reading
  • Girmansyah et al, 2013, Flora of Bali an annotated checklist
  • Govaerts, 2011, World checklist of selected plant families

References
  1. "Daphniphyllum griffithianum (Wight) Noltie". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. Tang, M.-S.; Yang, Y.-P.; Sheue, C.-R. (2009). "Comparative morphology on leaves of Daphniphyllum (Daphniphyllaceae)". Blumea. 54: 63–8. doi:10.3767/000651909X474104.
  3. "Daphniphyllum griffithianum (Wight) Noltie, Regnum Veg. 145: 246 (2005)". International Plant Name Index (IPNI). The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  4. Rosalina, Yusi; with four others (2014). "Floristic composition and structure of a peat swamp forest in the conservation area of the PT National Sago Prima, Selat Panjang, Riau, Indonesia". Reinwardtia. 14 (1): 193–210. doi:10.14203/reinwardtia.v14i1.416. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
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