Ctenolophon Explained

Ctenolophon is the only genus in the flowering plant family Ctenolophonaceae.^[1] It has two recognized species:^{[2] [3]}

• Ctenolophon englerianus Mildbr. – central Africa (Nigeria, Gabon, Zaire, Angola)
• Ctenolophon parvifolius Oliv. – New Guinea and southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines)

This family is well-represented in fossil pollen from the Late Cretaceous onwards. Based on fossils, it was formerly also found in northern South America, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Indian Subcontinent.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=52194 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Christenhusz, M. J. M. . Byng, J. W. . amp . 2016 . The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase . Phytotaxa . 261 . 201–217 . 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 . 3 . Magnolia Press . free .
4. Van Der Ham . R. W. J. M. . 1989-06-21 . New observations on the pollen of ctenolophon oliver (ctenolophonaceae), with remarks on the evolutionary history of the genus . Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology . en . 59 . 1 . 153–160 . 10.1016/0034-6667(89)90014-6 . 1989RPaPa..59..153V . 0034-6667.