Mathurina Explained

Mathurina penduliflora is the sole member of the monotypic genus Mathurina, of flowering plants.^[1]

Description

Mathurina penduliflora is a tree native to the Rodrigues Island.

Morphology

It grows 4 - 12 meters tall, young leaves are linear, mature leaves are obovate, and it has white hairless homostylous flowers.^{[2] [3]} Heterophylly has been recorded in the genus.^[4]

Taxonomy

Isolation of tetraphyllin B and volkenin from M. penduliflora support its classification as a member of Turneroideae.^[5]

Distribution

M. penduliflora is only found on the Rodrigues Island.

Conservation status

As of 2024, M. penduliflora has not been given a conservation status.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mathurina Balf.f. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 27 May 2021 . en.
2. Web site: Order Malpighiales . 2023-01-28 . taxateca.com.
3. Shore . Joel S. . Arbo . Maria M. . Fernández . Aveliano . 2006 . Breeding system variation, genetics and evolution in the Turneraceae . New Phytologist . en . 171 . 3 . 539–551 . 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01807.x . 0028-646X . 16866957 . free . 11336/41821.
4. Balfour . Is. Bayley . Botany of Rodriguez . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London . 1897 . 168 . 321 . 10.1098/rstl.1879.0035 . 186212545.
5. Wellendorph . Petrine . Clausen . Vicki . Jørgensen . Lise Bolt . Jaroszewski . Jerzy W . 2001 . Cyclopentanoids of Mathurina penduliflora . Biochemical Systematics and Ecology . en . 29 . 6 . 649–651 . 10.1016/S0305-1978(00)00091-0 . 11336813. 2001BioSE..29..649W .