| Euptelea | |
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| Euptelea polyandra | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Eupteleaceae K.Wilh.[1] |
| Genus: | Euptelea Siebold &Zucc. |
| Species | |
Euptelea is agenus of twospecies[2] offlowering plants in themonogenericfamilyEupteleaceae. The genus is found fromAssam east throughChina toJapan, and consists of shrubs or small trees:
The genus was previously placed in the familyTrochodendraceae, but the family Eupteleaceae has been recognized by many taxonomists. TheAPG IV system (2016;[1] unchanged from theAPG III system of 2009,[3] theAPG II system of 2003 and theAPG system of 1998), recognizes it and places it in the orderRanunculales, in the cladeeudicots. The family consists of a single genusEuptelea, with two species, native to easternAsia.
Euptelea polyandra is used as a food plant by thelarvae of someLepidoptera species includingthe engrailed.
The flowers lacksepals andpetals. Theanthers arebasifixed, and the leaves are arranged inwhorls.[4]
The fossil range of the genus extends back to thePaleocene epoch, during much of the Cenozoic it was distributed widely over the Northern Hemisphere.[5]
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