Didymocheton alliaceus

Didymocheton alliaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Meliaceae
Genus:	Didymocheton
Species:	D. alliaceus
Binomial name
	Didymocheton alliaceus; (G.Forst.) Mabb. (2021)
Synonyms
	Synonymy Dracontomelon pilosum Seem. (1865) ; Alliaria richii (A.Gray) Kuntze (1891) ; Alliaria samoensis (A.Gray) Kuntze (1891) ; Brucea quercifolia Seem. (1865) ; Didymocheton funkii (C.DC.) Harms (1940) ; Didymocheton quercifolius (Seem.) Holzmeyer & Hauenschild (2021) ; Didymocheton richii A.Gray (1854) ; Didymocheton samoensis (A.Gray) Holzmeyer & Hauenschild (2021) ; Dysoxylum abo Hosok. (1937) ; Dysoxylum alliaceum (G.Forst.) Seem. (1865), nom. illeg. ; Dysoxylum forsteri C.DC. (1878) ; Dysoxylum funkii C.DC. (1906) ; Dysoxylum mollissimum var. halmaheirae Miq. (1868) ; Dysoxylum pilosum (Seem.) A.C.Sm. (1942) ; Dysoxylum quercifolium (Seem.) A.C.Sm. (1962) ; Dysoxylum richii (A.Gray) C.DC. (1878) ; Dysoxylum samoense A.Gray (1854) ; Dysoxylum trukense Kaneh. (1935), nom. nud. ; Macrochiton forsteri M.Roem. (1846) ; Lussa quercifolia (Seem.) Kuntze (1891) ; Trichilia alliacea G.Forst. (1786) ;

Didymocheton alliaceus is a species of flowering plant in the mahogany family, Meliaceae. It is a tree native to the tropical Pacific islands, ranging from the Solomon Islands to the Caroline Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna, Niue, Tonga, and the Samoan Islands.^[1] It is most closely related to Didymocheton mollissimus of Malesia and mainland Southeast Asia, D. mollis of the Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, and Sulawesi, and D. muelleri of northeastern Australia.^[2]

The species was first described as Trichilia alliacea by Georg Forster in 1786. It was reclassified as Didymocheton alliaceus in 2021.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Didymocheton alliaceus (G.Forst.) Mabb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Holzmeyer, L., Hauenschild, F., Mabberley, D.J. and Muellner-Riehl, A.N. (2021), Confirmed polyphyly, generic recircumscription and typification of Dysoxylum (Meliaceae), with revised disposition of currently accepted species. Taxon, 70: 1248-1272. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12591