Cratoxylum is a
genusIn biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of
flowering plantThe flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the
familyIn biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
HypericaceaeHypericaceae is a plant family in the order Malpighiales. Molecular data supports its monophyly. Some systematists treat it as a subfamily of the Clusiaceae. When it is accepted as a distinct family, it contains the following genera:* Cratoxylum Blume...
, native to
Southeast AsiaSoutheast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
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Species include:
- Cratoxylum arborescens
Cratoxylum arborescens is a species of flowering plant in the Hypericaceae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Singapore.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
- Cratoxylum cochinchinense
Cratoxylum cochinchinense is a species of flowering plant in the Hypericaceae family.It is found in Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...
- Cratoxylum formosum
Cratoxylum formosum or pink mempat is a species of flowering plant in the Hypericaceae family. Its commercial name in timber production is "mampat" ....
- Cratoxylum maingayi
Cratoxylum maingayi is a species of flowering plant in the Hypericaceae family.It is found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...
- Cratoxylum sumatranum