Northia seychellana
| Northia seychellana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sapotoideae |
| Genus: | Hook.f. |
| Species: | N. seychellana
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| Binomial name | |
| Northia seychellana | |
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Northia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae.
The name was first published by Joseph Dalton Hooker, in Hooker's Icones Plantarum (Sep 1884), in his description of Northia seychellana.[2][4] The spelling was given as Northia on the plate, but the variant Northea in the text.[5] Hooker gave the genus name in honour of the botanical illustrator and painter, Marianne North. It has very large seeds, up to 8 cm long, and nearly as wide.[6]
Northia seychellana (common name capucin) is the only species accepted in the genus. It is endemic to the Seychelles Islands.[3] A few other species were formerly included in Northia but have been moved to Manilkara:
- Formerly included[3]
- Northia fasciculata - Manilkara fasciculata - Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea
- Northia hoshinoi - Manilkara hoshinoi - Pohnpei
- Northia vitiensis - Manilkara vitiensis - Fiji
References
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1998). "Northia hornei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T30519A9558866. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30519A9558866.en. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ^ a b Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1884. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 15: page 57 description in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1884. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 15: plate 1473. line drawing as illustration
- ^ "Northia". Plant Name details. International Plant Names Index. 2005. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ^ Wise, Rosemary (1998). A Fragile Eden. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press. p. Plate 51 with caption.