Belongs within: Myrtales.
The Combretaceae are a family of about 450 species of trees, shrubs and woody climbers found in tropical and subtropical parts of the world. Within the Combretaceae, Terminalia is a pantropical genus of trees, sometimes coastal, bearing flowers that lack petals. The sea almond T. catappa has become widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific as a result of human cultivation. Petals are present on flowers of the Indo-Pacific mangrove genus Lumnitzera (Coode 1978). Members of the genera Quisqualis and Combretum are climbers or scramblers. Quisqualis has the style fused to one inner face of the calyx tube. Combretum has flowers with ovary and calyx together much shorter than in Quisqualis (Coode 1978).
Characters (Coode 1978): Stipules none. Leaves verticillate, opposite, spirally arranged or rarely alternate, often with domatia. Inflorescence a spike (branched or not), raceme or panicle. Flowers bisexual or male, 4-5-merous, regular. Petals 4-5, inserted near mouth of calyx tube. Stamens usually twice as many as calyx lobes, (7-)8-10(-11), inserted inside calyx tuber, usually exserted. Disc intrastaminal, sometimes absent. Ovary inferior, 1-celled with 2-6 pendulous ovules. Style 1, usually free (except in Quisqualis), stigma 1. Fruit drupaceous or winged, sessile or stipitate; pericarp thin and papery, or leathery or fleshy. Seed 1.
<==Combretaceae
|--Strephonema [Strephonematoideae]T00
|--Bucida bucerasYY22, SWK87
|--Conocarpus erectaYY22, F11
|--Laguncularia racemosaYY22, F11
|--Pteleopsis myrtifoliaYY22, B88
|--ThiloaYY22
|--Heterocolpites laevigatus Salard-Cheboldaeff 1978CBH93
|--Calycopteris floribundusCD02, A78
|--Guiera senegalensisA78
|--Lumnitzera Willdenow 1803 [incl. Pyrrhanthus Jack 1822]P90
| |--*L. racemosa Willdenow 1803P90
| `--L. littorea (Jack) Voigt 1845 [=*Pyrrhanthus littoreus Jack 1822; incl. L. coccinea Wight & Arn. 1834]P90
|--QuisqualisC78
| |--Q. densidloraRC02
| |--Q. indica Linnaeus 1762C78
| |--Q. malabarica Bedd. 1874GB02
| `--Q. mussaendifoliaC78
|--AnogeissusPP07
| |--A. latifoliaJ07
| |--A. pendulaPP07
| `--A. sericeaPP07
| |--A. s. var. sericeaPP07
| `--A. s. var. nummulariaPP07
|--Combretum Loefl. 1758 (nom. cons.) [Combretoideae]P90
| |--*C. fruticosumP90
| |--C. acuminatum Roxburgh 1832C78
| |--C. chionanthoidesD17
| |--C. constrictumC78
| |--C. decandrumP03
| |--C. extensumRC02
| |--C. farinosumBT87
| |--C. flagrocarpumDD73
| |--C. goldieanum Muell. 1876C78
| |--C. grandiflorumT-W89
| |--C. lanceolatumF11
| |--C. molleB06
| |--C. nigrescensK03
| |--C. racemosumK69
| |--C. roxburghiiP03
| |--C. stenanthum Diels 1917D17
| |--C. sundaicumRC02
| |--C. tetralophum Clarke in Hooker 1878C78
| |--C. trifoliatum Vent. 1808C78
| `--C. zeyheriBP60
|--Macropteranthes Muell. ex Benth. 1864P90
| |--*M. leichhardtii Muell. ex Benth. 1864P90
| |--M. fitzalanii Muell. 1874P90
| |--M. kekwickii Muell. ex Benth. 1864P90
| `--M. montana (Muell.) Muell. ex Benth. 1864 [=Lumnitzera montana Muell. 1861]P90
|--Dansiea Byrnes 1981P90
| |--*D. elliptica Byrnes 1981P90
| `--D. grandiflora Pedley 1990P90
`--Terminalia Linnaeus 1767 [incl. Myrobalanus Gaertner 1790]P90
| i. s.: T. alataHU08
| T. archboldiana Exell 1936C78
| T. archipelagi Coode 1969C78
| T. arenicola Byrnes 1977P90
| T. aridicola Domin 1928P90
| |--T. a. ssp. aridicolaP90
| `--T. a. ssp. chillagoensis (Domin) Pedley 1990 [=T. chillagoensis Domin 1928]P90
| T. arjunaBB07
| T. arostrata Ewart & Davies 1917 [incl. T. rogersii Fitzg. 1918, T. savannicola Byrnes 1977]P90
| T. avicapitis Coode 1973C78
| T. belliricaBB07 [=*Myrobalanus bellirica Gaertner 1790P90]
| T. bialataYZ02
| T. brassii Exell 1935 [incl. T. kajewskii Exell 1935]C78
| T. calamansanai (Blanco) Rolfe 1884C78
| T. calogemma Coode 1973C78
| T. canaliculata Exell 1953 [incl. T. beccarii Exell 1953]C78
| T. canescens (DC.) Radlk. ex Durand 1888 (see below for synonymy)T90
| T. capitulata Exell 1953C78
| T. chebulaBB07
| T. citrina (Gaertn.) Roxburgh ex Flem. 1810 [=Myrobalanus citrinus Gaertn. 1791]C78
| T. clemensae Exell 1953C78
| T. complanata Schumann in Schumann & Hollrung 1889C78
| T. copelandii Elm. 1913 [incl. T. catappoides White & Francis 1927]C78
| T. cunninghamii Gardner 1923P90
| T. eddowesii Coode 1973C78
| T. erythrocarpa Muell. 1861 [=Myrobalanus erythrocarpa (Muell.) Kuntze 1891]P90
| T. fitzgeraldii Gardner 123P90
| T. grandiflora Benth. 1864 [=Myrobalanus grandiflora (Benth.) Kuntze 1891]P90
| T. hadleyana Fitzg. 1918P90
| |--T. h. ssp. hadleyanaP90
| `--T. h. ssp. carpentariae (White) Pedley 1990 [=T. carpentariae White 1950]P90
| T. impediens Coode 1969C78
| T. kaernbachii Warb. 1893 [incl. T. okari White 1922]C78
| T. katikii Coode 1973C78
| T. latipes Benth. 1864 [=Myrobalanus latipes (Benth.) Kuntze 1891]P90
| |--T. l. ssp. latipes [incl. T. biangulata Fitzg. 1918, T. chlorocarpa Fitzg. 1918]P90
| `--T. l. ssp. psilocarpa Pedley 1990 (see below for synonymy)P90
| T. littoralisC78
| T. longespicata Sloot. 1919C78
| |--T. l. ssp. longespicata [incl. T. phaeoneura Diels 1922]C78
| `--T. l. ssp. sogerensis (Bak. f.) Coode 1973 [=T. sogerensis Bak. f. 1923]C78
| T. macadamii Exell 1953C78
| T. megalocarpa Exell 1935C78
| T. melanocarpa Muell. 1862 [=Myrobalanus melanocarpa (Muell.) Kuntze 1891]P90
| T. microcarpa Decne 1834C78
| |--T. m. ssp. microcarpa (see below for synonymy)C78
| `--T. m. ssp. incana Coode 1973C78
| T. morobensis Coode 1973C78
| T. muelleri Benth. 1864 (see below for synonymy)P90
| T. myriocarpaH03
| T. oblongata Muell. 1861 [=Myrobalanus oblongata (Muell.) Kuntze 1891]P90
| |--T. o. ssp. oblongataP90
| `--T. o. ssp. volucris (Br. ex Benth.) Pedley 1990 (see below for synonymy)P90
| T. obovataS04
| T. oreadum Diels 1922C78
| T. paniculataZ93
| T. petiolaris Cunn. ex Benth. 1864 [=Myrobalanus petiolaris (Cunn. ex Benth.) Kuntze 1891]P90
| T. phellocarpaRC02
| T. platyphylla Muell. 1961 [=Myrobalanus platyphylla (Muell.) Kuntze 1891]P90
| T. platyptera Muell. 1861 (see below for synonymy)P90
| T. porphyrocarpa Muell. ex Benth. 1864 (see below for synonymy)P90
| T. prostrata Pedley 1990P90
| T. pterocarya Muell. 1861 [=Myrobalanus pterocarpa (Muell.) Kuntze 1891T90
| T. radobojensisS89
| T. rerei Coode 1969C78
| T. rubiginosa Sch. in Sch. & Hollr. 1884C78
| T. samoensis Rech. 1907 [incl. T. saffordii Merr. 1914]C78
| T. sepicana Diels 1922C78
| T. sericeaD17
| T. sericocarpa Muell. 1875 [=Myrobalanus sericocarpa (Muell.) Kuntze 1891]P90
| T. slooteniana Exell 1953C78
| T. solomonensis Exell 1935 [incl. T. lundquistii Exell 1953, T. papuana Exell 1936]C78
| T. steenisiana Exell 1953C78
| T. subacroptera Domin 1928 [incl. T. crassifolia Exell 1939, T. insularis White 1944]P90
| T. subspathulataRC02
| T. supitianaC78
| T. supranitifolia Byrnes 1977 [=T. discolor Muell. 1862 non Sprengel 1820, Myrobalanus discolor Kuntze 1891]P90
| T. tomentosaP03
| T. whitmorei Coode 1969C78
|--*T. catappa Linnaeus 1767 [=Myrobalanus catappa (L.) Kuntze 1891]P90
`--T. sect. StenocarpaeD17
|--T. poliotricha Diels 1917D17
`--T. schimperianaD17
Terminalia canescens (DC.) Radlk. ex Durand 1888 [=Alectryon canescens DC. 1824; incl. T. bursarina Muell. 1861, T. circumalata Muell. 1862, Myrobalanus circumalata (Muell.) Kuntze 1891]T90
Terminalia latipes ssp. psilocarpa Pedley 1990 [=T. edulis Muell. 1860 non Blanco 1845, Myrobalanus edulis Kuntze 1891, T. ferdinandiana Exell 1935]P90
Terminalia microcarpa Decne 1834 ssp. microcarpa [incl. T. foveolata White & Francis ex Lane-Poole 1925, T. hypargyrea Sch. & Laut. 1901]C78
Terminalia muelleri Benth. 1864 [=Myrobalanus muelleri (Benth.) Kuntze 1891; incl. T. muelleri var. minor Benth. 1864]P90
Terminalia oblongata ssp. volucris (Br. ex Benth.) Pedley 1990 [=T. volucris Br. ex Benth. 1864, Myrobalanus volucris (Br. ex Benth.) Kuntze 1891; incl. T. volucris var. coriacea Benth. 1864]P90
Terminalia platyptera Muell. 1861 [=Myrobalanus platyptera (Muell.) Kuntze 1891; incl. T. platyptera var. glabrata Benth. 1864]P90
Terminalia porphyrocarpa Muell. ex Benth. 1864 [=Myrobalanus porphyrocarpa (Muell. ex Benth.) Kuntze 1891; incl. T. porphyrocarpa var. eriantha Benth. 1864, T. thozetii Benth. 1864, Myrobalanus thozetii (Benth.) Kuntze 1891]P90
*Type species of generic name indicated
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