Calantica (plant) explained

Calantica is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae.^[1] It contains 10 species of shrubs and trees endemic to Madagascar, seven of which are threatened. Calantica is closely related to the pantropical and diverse genus Homalium, from which it differs in having a superior ovary, instead of a semi-inferior ovary.^[2] The genus is also similar to Bivinia in its superior ovary but has numerous stamens and long spiciform inflorescences.

List of species

• Calantica biseriata H.Perrier
• Calantica capuronii Sleumer
• Calantica cerasifolia (Vent.) Tul.
• Calantica chauvetiae Sleumer
• Calantica decaryana H.Perrier
• Calantica grandiflora Jaub. ex Tul.
• Calantica lucida Scott-Elliot
• Calantica olivacea Appleq., Phillipson & G.E.Schatz
• Calantica pseudobiseriata Appleq., Phillipson & G.E.Schatz
• Calantica sphaerocephala Appleq., Phillipson & G.E.Schatz

Notes and References

1. 10.2307/4110825 . Mark W. . Chase . Sue Zmarzty . M. Dolores Lledó . Kenneth J. Wurdack . Susan M. Swensen . Michael F. Fay . 2002 . When in doubt, put it in Flacourtiaceae: a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on plastid rbcL DNA sequences . 4110825 . Kew Bulletin . 57 . 1 . 141–181.
2. Applequist . Wendy . Phillipson . Peter . Schatz . George . A synoptic revision of the Malagasy endemic genus Calantica Jaub. ex Tul. (Salicaceae) . Adansonia . Series 3 . 2014 . 36 . 1 . 83–102 . 11 July 2018.