Phaleria
Phaleria capitata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Subfamily: Thymelaeoideae
Genus: Phaleria
Jack[1]

Phaleria is flowering plant genus of about 20–25[2] species in the family Thymelaeaceae.[1]

Uses

Some species, like the mahkota dewa are known to produce agarwood.[3] Many others have long histories of use in traditional medicine like delal a kar (which translates to "the mother of medicines") which is used as a panacea by Palauans.[4]

Species

  • Phaleria acuminata (A. Gray) Gilg Fiji, American Samoa, Tonga, Western Samoa
  • Phaleria angustifolia A. C. Sm. Fiji
  • Phaleria biflora (C.T.White) Herber – Qld, Australia endemic
  • Phaleria capitata Jacksalagong-gubat (Sri Lanka, Palau, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Philippines, Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Guinea)
  • Phaleria chermsideana (F.M.Bailey) C.T.White – Qld, NSW, Australia
  • Phaleria clerodendron (F.Muell.) Benth.scented daphne (Qld, Australia)
  • Phaleria coccinea (Gaudich.) F.Muell. – New Guinea, New Britain, Moluccas, Philippines
  • Phaleria disperma (G.Forst) Baill. – Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna
  • Phaleria elegans L.M.Perry – New Guinea endemic
  • Phaleria glabra (Turrill) Domke Fiji, Tonga
  • Phaleria ixoroides Fosberg Fiji
  • Phaleria lanceolata (A. Gray) Gilg Fiji
  • Phaleria longituba P. F. Stevens New Guinea
  • Phaleria macrocarpa (Scheff.) Boerl. (Syn.: P. papuana) – mahkota dewa (New Guinea, NT, Australia)
  • Phaleria montana (Seem.) Gilg Fiji
  • Phaleria nisidai Kanehira delal a kar (Palau, New Britain, New Guinea)
  • Phaleria octandra (L.) Baill.dwarf phaleria (New Guinea, Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Islands (Timor, Flores, Lombok, Bali, etc.), Java, NT, Qld, Australia)
  • Phaleria okapensis P. F. Stevens New Guinea (Papau)
  • Phaleria pentecostalis Leandri Vanuatu
  • Phaleria perrottetiana (Decne.) Fern.-Vill. – New Guinea, Moluccas, Borneo, Philippines
  • Phaleria pilistyla P. F. Stevens New Guinea (Papua)
  • Phaleria pubiflora (A. Gray) Gilg Fiji
  • Phaleria pulchra Gillespie Fiji
  • Phaleria sogerensis S.Moore – New Guinea
  • Phaleria stevensiana Z. S. Rogers Sulawesi

Taxonomy and phylogeny

Phylogenetic analysis shows that Phaleria's closest related genus is Dais, both of which are members of the Thymelaeoideae subfamily of the Thymelaeaceae family which contains 941 species in 48 different genera according to the Catalogue of Life.[2] The next closest related genera is a clade containing Gnidia, Stephanodaphne, Dirca, Ovidia, Peddiea, Pimelea, Struthiola, Lachnaea, Passerina, and Passerina.

References

  1. 1 2 "Phaleria Jack". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 11 Nov 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Phaleria Jack". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 5 Oct 2021.
  3. Yih Lee; Turjaman; Mohamed1 (2018). "Phylogenetic Relatedness of Several Agarwood-Producing Taxa (Thymelaeaceae) from Indonesia". Tropical Life Sciences Research. 29 (2): 13–28. doi:10.21315/tlsr2018.29.2.2. PMC 6072731. PMID 30112138.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. Kulakowski, D.; Kitalong, C.; Negrin, A.; Tadao, V. R.; Balick, M. J.; Kennelly, E. J. (2015). "Traditional preparation of Phaleria nisidai, a Palauan tea, reduces exposure to toxic daphnane-type diterpene esters while maintaining immunomodulatory activity". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 173: 273–279. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2015.06.023. PMID 26102551.


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