Dalrympelea Explained

Dalrympelea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Staphyleaceae.^[1]

Its native range is Tropical Asia.

The genus is named in honour of Alexander Dalrymple (1737–1808), a Scottish geographer.^[2] and was published in first published in Pl. Coromandel Vol.3 on page 76 in 1820.^[1]

Species known:

• Dalrympelea borneensis
• Dalrympelea calciphila
• Dalrympelea grandis
• Dalrympelea nitida
• Dalrympelea pomifera
• Dalrympelea sphaerocarpa
• Dalrympelea stipulacea
• Dalrympelea trifoliata

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dalrympelea Roxb. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 21 March 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.