Dipterocarpaceae
Dipterocarpaceae Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 4: 222. 1825. nom. cons. 'Meranti Family'
Characteristic Features:
Resinous trees
Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, coriaceous
Flowers regular, bisexual
Sepals 5, connate, persistent
Stamens many, filament short, connective subulate
Ovary 3-celled, 2 ovules in each locule
Diversity:
World- 16 genera 147 species (The Plant List 2013); 16 genera, 695 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 16 genera, 535 species (Mabberely 2017); 17 genera, 541 species (CoL 2021)
India - 5 genera 30 species (Karthikeyan 2000); 5 genera, 31 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 4 genera, 6 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 1 genus 1 species (Uniyal et al. 2007, Pusalkar & Srivastava 2018)
General Characters:
Dipterocarpaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Dipterocarpaceae in Wikipedia
Systematic Position of the Family in Different Systems of Classifications:
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder-Rosanae, Order-Malvales
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass : Polypetalae
Series : Thalamiflorae
Orders : Guttiferales
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Parietales
Hutchinson (1973)
Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum: Dicotyledones
Division : Lignosae
Order : Ochnales
Cronquist (1988)
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Dilleniidae
Order : Theales
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Malvidae
Super Order: Malvanae
Order : Malvales
Takhtajan (2009)
Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Dilleniidae
Super Order: Malvanae
Order : Malvales
Reveal (2012)
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order: Myrtanae
Order : Malvales
Suborder : Cistineae
APG-IV (2016)
Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Eudicots
Clade : Core Eudicots
Clade : Superrosids
Clade : Rosids
Clade : Malvids
Order : Malvales
Shipunov (2020)
Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order: Malvanae
Order : Malvales
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
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