Rhodoleia
| Rhodoleia | |
|---|---|
| Rhodoleia championii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Hamamelidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Rhodoleioideae |
| Genus: | Rhodoleia Champ. ex Hook. |
| Species[1] | |
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6, see text | |
Rhodoleia is a genus of plants in the family Hamamelidaceae. It includes six species which range from southern China to northern Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra.[1] Together with its sister genus Exbucklandia, Rhodoleia forms the sister clade to the other 25 genera of Hamamelidaceae.[2] Flowers of Rhodoleia are bird-pollinated. Nectar-foraging birds including Japanese white-eyes (Zosterops japonicus, Zosteropidae) and fork-tailed sunbirds (Aethopyga christinae, Nectariniidae), avidly visit the flowers, which they also pollinate in the process.[3]
Species
Six species are accepted.[1]
- Rhodoleia championii Hook.
- Rhodoleia forrestii Chun ex Exell
- Rhodoleia henryi K.Y.Tong
- Rhodoleia macrocarpa H.T.Chang
- Rhodoleia parvipetala K.Y.Tong
- Rhodoleia stenopetala H.T.Chang
References
- ^ a b c "Rhodoleia Champ. ex Hook". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
- ^ Li, J.-H., A. L. Bogle, and A. S. Klein. 1999. Phylogenetic relationships of the Hamamelidaceae inferred from sequences of internal transcribed spaces (ITS) of nuclear ribosome DNA. Am. J. Bot. 86: 1027–1037.
- ^ Gu, L., Z. Luo, D. Zhang, and S. S. Renner. 2010. Passerine pollination of Rhodoleia championii (Hamamelidaceae) in subtropical China. Biotropica 42(3): 336–341.